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A NUMBER of Fermanagh and Omagh District Council Independent members have held a protest against the latest rates increase amid what they alleged…

TOWN councillors in Trowbridge will tonight be urged to condemn in the strongest possible terms the “unjustified and unprovoked” invasion by…

TOWN councillors in Trowbridge will tonight be urged to condemn in the strongest possible terms the “unjustified and unprovoked” invasion by…

Joe Wise insists he can still vote in Parliament when acting as Speaker

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday instructed Minister of Agriculture Mahindananda Aluthgamage and State Minister of Livestock, Farm Promotion and Dairy & Egg Related Industries D.B. Herath to immediately increase the price paid to dairy farmers for milk supplied by improving productivity at Milco. The President made these remarks while inspecting the Milco Factory at Narahenpita yesterday […]

Dereliction of duty in public sector: Auditor General suggests remedial measures to punish culprits By Shamindra Ferdinando Auditor General W. P. C. Wickramaratne says the National Audit Act and the Standing Orders 120 and 121 of the Parliament should be amended to curb waste, corruption and irregularities in the public sector. Wickramaratne emphasised the urgent […]

Around 400 inter-provincial buses could not operate yesterday due to the current diesel shortage, Inter- Provincial Private Bus Association (IPPBA) President Sarath Vijitha Kumara said. He said that if the shortages continued, inter-provincial buses would have to stop operating over the weekend. “Some filling stations ration diesel. I understand why they are doing so, but […]

No power cuts will be imposed at night during the weekend. Earlier the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) had instructed the CEB to ensure an uninterrupted power supply during the weekend. PUCSL chairman Janaka Ratnayake has said there is usually a drop in the demand for electricity during weekends. The power cuts are […]

Speaker Declines To Reverse Joe Wises Ruling, Dismissing COVID-19 Expenditure Probe

Mr Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, the Speaker of Parliament, has declined reversing the First Deputy Speaker Mr Joseph Osei-Owusu’s ruling, dismissing the Minority’s Motion to probe Government’s COVID-19 expenditure. “It is interesting to note that this is the second time that the First Deputy Speaker has taken the Chair and…