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The SLFP had lost most of its members including the crooks, former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga said yesterday addressing a meeting at Matugama. She claimed that former Presidents Mahinda Rajapaksa and Maithripala Sirisena had destroyed the SLFP by undermining party values. Kumaratunga alleged that the Rajapaksas had siphoned off 15 billion rupees from six development […]
The Sri Lankan Women Chemists’ Breakfast organised by the Women Chemists Committee (WCC) was held recently at the Adamantane House, Institute of Chemistry Ceylon and through the virtual platform Zoom, in par with the IUPAC Global Women’s Breakfast. The event emphasised on ‘Women Empowerment in Chemical Sciences in Achieving Sustainable Development Goals’, and was graced […]
By Rathindra Kuruwita Election monitors are ready to raise funds for conducting the local council elections, Executive Director of People’s Action for Free and Fair Elections (PAFFREL) Rohana Hettiarachchi says. “If the real problem is a lack of funding, we are ready to start work this week to secure funding for the election,” he said […]
The Election Commission (EC) yesterday (20) filed a motion in the Supreme Court informing the apex court of its inability to proceed with the March 09 Local Government polls due to the failure on the part of the government to allocate required funds. The EC has informed the Supreme Court that its activities had been […]
By Norman Palihawadane Two persons were killed and at least 26 others were injured when a bus carrying pilgrims returning from Sri Pada went down a precipice around 9.15 pm Sunday at Ginigathhena Norton Bridge. The injured were admitted to Ginigathhena, Watawala and Nawalapitiya hospitals. Hospital sources said that the condition of some of the […]