The revised indictments on Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Dr. Rajitha Senaratne and two others were served before the Colombo High Court yesterday (April 26) over the losses suffered by the government as a result of leasing out Modera Fisheries Harbour in 2014. At the time Dr. Senaratne served President Mahinda Rajapakas’s Cabinet as the […]
By Saman Indrajith President Ranil Wickremesinghe told Parliament yesterday that the MPs had been left with no other alternative but to support the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for Sri Lanka. Delivering a special statement in the House when the IMF/EFF facility was taken up for debate, the President said […]
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Sri Lanka Medical Association (SLMA) and the 1990 Suwa Seriya Foundation, was signed on 24th April 2023. This was a renewal of the existing MoU and would further strengthen the collaboration between SLMA and 1990 Suwa Seriya, a spokesperson for SLMA told The Island. Based on the MoU, […]
The Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA), on Tuesday (26) evening, diverted three SriLankan flights to the Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (MRIA) due to the bad weather at Katunayake. Accordingly, SriLankan Airlines flight UL-116, arriving from Malé, Maldives, was diverted and landed at the MRIA at 6.02 pm. A Sri Lankan Airlines flight (UL-120), arriving from Ireland, […]
Chairman of the Committee On Public Enterprise (COPE) Professor Ranjith Bandara expressed his displeasure at the fact that despite the repeated insistence of the committee to conduct an independent inquiry into the matters of Sri Lanka Export Credit Insurance Corporation (SLECIC) it was found that no progress had been made. The Corporation had not appointed […]