… warns of possible fuel shortage By Sujeewa Thathsara The Ministry of Finance collected about Rs. 368 million afrom the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) as tax from the sale of fuel on a daily basis, Minister of Energy Udaya Gammanpila said yesterday, addressing the media in Colombo. The Minister added that the CPC made a […]
“… unacceptable to file cases against government servants alone as politicians were above them.” By Saman Indrajith Former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando and former Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Pujith Jayasundara were acquitted and released yesterday in a case against them for their failure to prevent the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks, despite having received warnings […]
Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena endorsed five Bills on Thursday (17.) These bills were passed after debate recently. The Speaker endorsed the certificate on the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment), Prohibition of Anti-Personnel Mines, Judicature (Amendment), Civil Procedure Code (Amendment), Provincial Councils (Transfer of Stamp Duty) (Amendment) Bills which were taken into debate and passed on […]
By Ifham Nizam President Gotabaya Rajapaksa made an unannounced visit to the Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority at Ananda Coomaraswamy Mawatha, Colombo 07 yesterday morning (18). The purpose of the President’s visit was to meet the officials of the Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority and to make inquiries about the potential of utilising renewable sources, […]