By Rathindra Kuruwita Ceylon Teachers Union (CTU) General Secretary Joseph Stalin yesterday accused the police of attempting to disrupt Wednesday’s anti-government protest. Stalin said that a team of police officers had arrived at Guru Medura to hand over a letter indicating the areas protesters were prohibited from entering. However, no one had accepted the letter. […]
Forty students at a Panadura school were hospitalised on Wednesday, after they were overwhelmed by toxic smoke. The students were sent to the preliminary care unit of the Panadura Base hospital after they had fainted. Police said that some discarded rubber products had been incinerated in an adjoining land and toxic fumes emanating from the […]
Sri Lanka would have been a developed country if J. R. Jayewardene had been elected President at a younger age, the Kotte Vihara Registrar and Chief Sanghanayake for Japan Ven. Pelpola Vipassi Thera, said at the almsgiving for the Ven Maha Sanga at the 26th death anniversary commemoration of the late president, at the J. […]
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By Rathindra Kuruwita Sri Lanka had to import 33 more coal shipments before the end of April 2023 to prevent extended power cuts, Chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) Janaka Ratnayake said yesterday. Ratnayake said two ships carrying coal had arrived and another ship was expected on 07 Nov., and that […]