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… three medical students granted bail By Shamindra Ferdinando Seven persons, including the son of State Minister Arundika Fernando have been remanded till Feb 7 pending investigations into Tuesday night’s attack on a group of 4th year students after having forcibly entered the Ragama Medical Faculty of the Kelaniya University. Police headquarters identified the minister’s […]

By Chitra Weerarathne The Court of Appeal has dismissed a Writ Application filed by public litigation activist/lawyer Nagananda Kodituwakku, requesting the Court to issue a mandatory order to postpone the GCE Advanced Level Examination scheduled to commence next Tuesday (8). The bench comprised Justice Sobitha Rajakaruna. Kodituwakku told the Court that due to teachers’ strike […]

The Catholic Church has declared that it will not be represented by the Archbishop of Colombo His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith at Independence day celebrations today (4) against the failure on the part of the government to punish those responsible for 2019 Easter Sunday attacks and the recent recovery of a hand grenade from All […]

The newly appointed High Commissioner-designate of Sri Lanka to Malaysia Air Chief Marshal Sumangala Dias (retired) assumed duties at the Sri Lanka High Commission in Kuala Lumpur on 27 January, 2022. The government sent him to Malaysia after Canada and Italy refused to accept his appointment based on unsubstantiated war crimes allegations directed at the […]

The distribution of agricultural machinery among 47 Agrarian Service Centres in six provinces was held yesterday (03) at the Presidential Secretariat under the patronage of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. The Presidential Media Division said that Rs 250 million had been spent on the project. These equipment were distributed to the Agrarian Service Centres under the “Climate […]

27 bills passed earlier to be presented in Lok Sabha Tuesday IANS New Delhi: On the second day of the Budget Session of Parliament, 27 Bills passed during the fourth session of seventeenth Lok Sabha will be tabled in the Lower House Tuesday along with various Standing Committee reports that include steps taken by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs during COVID-19 pandemic. Soon after the House will assemble at 4 pm, Lok Sabha Secretary General Utpal Kumar Singh will table these 27...

27 Bills passed earlier to be presented in LS on Tuesday   Tue, Feb 02 2021 09:36:27 AM By Rajnish Singh New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS): On the second day of the Budget Session of Parliament, 27 Bills passed during the fourth session of the seventeenth Lok Sabha will be tabled in the Lower House on Tuesday along with various Standing Committee reports that include steps taken by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs during Covid-19 pandemic. Soon after the House will assemble at 4 p.m., Lok Sabha Secre...