Udeni Wickramasingle News Today

Kurunegala Mayor, Thushara Sanjeewa Vitharana (SLPP), facing a corruption inquiry, has been removed from office due to his failure to secure approval for the 2023 Budget. The announcement was made by the Office of the North Western Governor Province Governor Admiral of the Fleet Wasantha Karannagoda. A notification from the NWP Governor’s Office quoted Karannagoda […]

The Ministry of Culture and Tourism of China has announced that Sri Lanka would be among the countries in its outbound tourism pilot programme scheduled to commence from 6 February 2023.Countries listed for travel by the Chinese government are Thailand, Indonesia, Cambodia, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Laos, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kenya, South […]

The iDove Hybrid International Youth Conference concluded on a successful note at the Goldi Sands Hotel, Negombo, recently. iDove was launched by the African Union Commission’s Directorate of Citizens and other Organizations (AUC-CIDO) and the Deutsche Geselleschaft für Internationale Zussamenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, and was commissioned by the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation with a […]

By Ifham Nizam The air quality level in Colombo and other major parts, indicating harmful levels has come down to moderate level since December.The National Building Research Organization (NBRO) says the air quality dropped countrywide. NBRO Chief Scientist of the Air Pollution Management Unit Sarath Premasiri yesterday said that the recent increase in the spread […]

JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake, on Saturday, said that many crimes remained unsolved not due to the failure of the police but due to political interference.Addressing a rally, in support of the JVP-led NPP at Maligawatte, Dissanayake said that Sri Lanka had a Police Department that could solve any crime if it was given a […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL), Janaka Ratnayake, yesterday (22) said that Parliament couldn’t, under any circumstances, settle the simmering dispute over the power tariffs, proposed by the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB), outside the PUCSL Act No 35 of 2002 and the Sri Lanka Electricity Act No 20 […]

By Ifham Nizam Ceylon Electricity Board Chairman (CEB) Nalinda Illangakoon has informed the electricity sector regulator, the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL), that the CEB is not in a position to maintain a continuous power supply for the benefit of the students sitting the GCE A/L examination, which commences today. The CEB chief […]