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Sri Lanka needed a good foreign service to forge broader relations with many countries while safeguarding the sovereignty of Sri Lanka, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said addressing a number of newly appointed ambassadors and high commissioners who paid a courtesy call on the President prior to leaving for their missions. The President said that the Foreign […]

Lanka IOC, along with the Sri Lanka India Society (SLIS), and the Indian CEO forum (ICF), have started an initiative of “Assistance to Elderly Homes”.The first of this was started by donating essentials to Home of Compassion and the essentials were handed over to Rev. Sister Nilanthi and Sister Anne Mari under the patronage of […]

The Supreme Court, on Friday, transferred to itself various petitions seeking legal recognition for same-sex marriage from various High Courts, including Delhi, Kerala and Gujarat.A bench, headed by Justice DY Chandrachud, transferred to itself several batches of petitions pending before Delhi, Kerala and Gujarat High Courts. The Court said that since several batches of petitions […]

BBC reported that the partner of a US Capitol Police officer who died a day after the 6 January 2021 riot has sued Donald Trump for wrongful death. The lawsuit filed on Thursday says Mr Trump “intentionally riled up the crowd” that attacked Brian Sicknick. (picture BBC)

Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 07 January 2023 by Department of Meteorology: Showers or thundershowers will occur at times in Northern, North-Central, Eastern, Uva and Central provinces. Fairly heavy showers above 50mm can be expected at some places in Eastern province and Polonnaruwa district. Showers or thundershowers will occur at several places elsewhere […]

‘New taxes won’t help as long as system remains the same’ By Shamindra Ferdinando SLPP MP Mahindananda Aluthgamage yesterday (30) said that in spite of him repeatedly raising the urgent need to regulate chartered accountants, as part of the overall measures to increase state revenue, nothing was being done.The former minister alleged that the Finance […]

Zec chairperson Priscilla Chigumba recently presented a preliminary delimitation report to President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who is expected to send the report to Parliament by end of next week.

The country’s politicians would have relished the opportunity to return to the campaign trail in March after the government lifted the remaining COVID-19 protocols, including those that placed a limit...

INTRODUCTION The writing of this critique was interrupted by the necessity to conduct and produce the Analysis of the Risk of Corruption and Anti-corruption Risk Assessment Report of the Agyapa Royalties Limited Transaction Documents. The demise of the leader of the 31 December Revolution, and founder of the Fourth Republic…

Speaker to work closely with staff in the running of Parliament