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By Ifham Nizam The Central Environmental Authority (CEA) yesterday launched a new programme for proper management of wastewater discharged from analytical laboratories. CEA Chairman S. Amarasinghe said that under the new initiative steps would be taken to dispose of the effluent containing chemical contaminants from all regional laboratories, including the CEA’s main laboratory, in a […]
LG polls likely to be delayed: Polls monitors alarmed By Shamindra Ferdinando Election Commission (EC) Chief Nimal G. Punchihewa yesterday (16) said Provincial Council polls couldn’t be put off through the intervention of the Cabinet. Attorney-at-law Punchihewa emphasised that there was no provision under any circumstances for the Cabinet to request the EC to postpone […]
Kanni Wignaraja, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General and Assistant Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Regional Director of UNDP’s Regional Bureau of Asia and the Pacific, recently paid a courtesy call on Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena at the Parliament premises. Robert Juhkam, Resident Representative, UNDP Sri Lanka, and Secretary General of Parliament, […]
GR two years in office: By Shamindra Ferdinando ‘Signature of The Executive’ (first volume Nov-Dec 2021) and ‘Two Years of Prosperity Amidst Challenges: State Governance Committed to the Country and the People’ dealt with President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s two years in office. Edited by veteran journalist, Sugeeswara Senadhira, who had held previous government appointments, the two […]
The National Media Forum called on the Parliamentary Council represented by government and opposition members to immediately appoint members to the Right to Information (RTI) Commission and to ensure the people’s rights guaranteed by the country’s Constitution. In a statement the steering committee of the NMF said that the entire process of ensuring the public’s […]