Udithk Jayasinghe News Today

• Absolutely no intention of seeking IMF assistance for the 18th time President Ranil Wickremesinghe announced that the agreement with the Internation...

President Ranil Wickremesinghe announced that the agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) would be presented to Parliament for a vote on whether to support it. Following this, the key points of the agreement would be enacted into law. The President also indicated that the Prevention of

The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) recently signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with the Wayamba University of Sri Lanka (WUSL) and the University of Jaffna Sri Lanka (UOJ) to formalize collaborative efforts to improve financial literacy among undergraduates The MoUs were signed respectively with the Vice Chancellor of Wayamba University, Senior Prof. Udith K. Jayasinghe, and […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Declaring that every sector depended on the public service, the country’s Commander in Chief President Gotabaya Rajapaksa emphasised the responsibility on the part of the Secretaries to the Ministries to achieve given tasks. The President said so at the Presidential Secretariat on the morning of January 19 when Secretary to the Prime […]

Agriculture Secretary Senior Prof. Udith K. Jayasinghe yesterday warned of an imminent food crisis before he was removed from his post. Authorities may have to impose further food rations and seek foreign aid to help feed the most needy, he told...

High Court Judge Vikum Athula Kaluarachchi was yesterday sworn in as a Court of Appeal judge before President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat. The appointment was made to fill the post left vacant following the retirement of the Court of Appeal Justice Devika Abeyratne. An alumnus of Royal College, Colombo, Justice Kaluarachchi graduated from […]

‘Prof. Jayasinghe grabbed one of our slogans’ By Shamindra Ferdinando Samagi Jana Balavegaya lawmaker Rohini Kaviratne has questioned the rationale behind sacked Agriculture Secretary Senior Prof. Udith K. Jayasinghe’s warning of a serious food shortage in April after having caused the crisis. Addressing the media at Rattota, the Matale District MP pointed out that Prof. […]

By Rathindra Kuruwita Senior officials in the CEB and Ministry of Power were trying to sabotage investigations into the countrywide power outage earlier this month, Senior Engineers Association Spokesman, Eng. Nandika Pathirage said. Eng. Pathirage, himself a former President of the powerful CEB Engineers’ Union claimed those officials had even been attempting to discourage investigators […]

By Rathindra Kuruwita It was the responsibility of all political parties to ensure that the truth about the Easter Sunday attacks was revealed, Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa said yesterday at a Christmas event at his office in Colombo. “On Easter Sunday in 2019, a great tragedy occurred. Hundreds of Christians were killed and many more […]

Sri Lanka and India discussed ways in which the two countries could further enhance bilateral cultural relations when Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to India Milinda Moragoda met with Minister of State for External Affairs & Culture of India Meenakashi Lekhi. The meeting between the High Commissioner of Sri Lanka and the Minister of State for […]