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The Australian High Commission has granted an additional AUD1 million or LKR135 million for landmine clearance in Sri Lanka. The funds have been provided as continued support for landmine clearance charity, the Mine Advisory Group (MAG), until December 2022. Australia has been a consistent supporter of mine clearance in Sri Lanka since the end of […]

Abduction and disappearance of 11 youth: by AJA Abeynayake A three-judge bench of the Colombo High Court adjourned the hearing of the case against former Navy Commander Admiral of the Fleet Wasantha Karannagoda until tomorrow (7) as he has challenged the charges filed by the Attorney General against him for abducting and disappearance of 11 […]

A special meeting of Carrick-on-Suir Municipal District will take place this morning to allow Councillors vote again on the Regeneration Plan for the town. The original vote at last month’s meeting breached Standing Orders by not taking votes in alphabetical order. Councillor Kieran Bourke and David Dunne, who both voted against the plan going to […]

The Carrick-on-Suir Regeneration Plan will proceed to Part 8 of the planning process following a vote by Councillors this morning. A special meeting of the Municipal District took place at 9am via Zoom and was over within 20 minutes. The initial vote last month was deemed to be in breach of Standing Orders, as it […]

Crucial party leaders’ meeting today By Saman Indrajith The Opposition is expected to decide whether to boycott the ongoing debate on Budget 2022, after today’s party leaders’ meeting on a complaint that Galle District SJB MP, Manusha Nanyakkara, was roughed up in Parliament by government MPs, last Friday. Chief Opposition Whip Kandy District SJB MP […]

The All Ceylon YMMA Conference in a statement expressed its condemnation of what it termed as “barbaric and dastardly mob attack, murder, lynching and setting on fire of a Sri Lankan Factory Manager in Pakistan.” The statement signed by the National President of the All Ceylon YMMA Conference Saheed M Rismy said: “The All Ceylon […]

Prof. Wimal Dissanayake was awarded the prestigious Asian Communication Award for 2021 by the Asian Media Information and Communication Center in the Philippines on04 December. This award is given to the most outstanding communication scholars in Asia who have excelled in their chosen pursuits. This honor was conferred on Dissanayake primarily in recognition of his […]

COPE and COPA toothless tigers? by Saman Indrajith More than 2,000 recommendations made by the parliamentary watchdog committees, COPE (Committee on Public Enterprises) and COPA (Committee on Public Accounts) with the objective of preventing corruption in public institutions have not been implemented by the relevant state agencies and officials, parliament sources told the Sunday Island. […]

The main opposition Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) alleged in Parliament that Sri Lanka’s foreign reserves have dropped to $ 1.5Continue Reading

The five members of the Carrick on Suir Municipal will have another opportunity to vote on the Regeneration Project for the town on Monday morning. It follows a breach of Standing Orders first time round when a vote on taking the multi-million Euro project to Part 8 was not taken in alphabetical order. Councillor Kieran […]