19 Jan 2024 - 8     - 10

The initial stage of the government employees’ salary increase, as outlined in the Budget 2024 with a proposed Rs. 10,000 increment, has commenced by disbursing funds for the first Rs. 5,000 raise, effective from January, Finance State Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya said.

02 Sep 2020 - 15     - 13389

To have received her son’s death certificate on the day she brought him to the world — exactly 37 years ago — was the hardest experience for British national Maryanne India Beare.

29 Jul 2020 - 7     - 3889

Regardless of the outcome, within the Executive arm of government, the Cabinet of Ministers sits at the very top. As such, it plays a critical role in ensuring that the government functions efficiently and effectively.

18 Dec 2019 - 12     - 11488

A coffin was rolled out of the arrival area of the Bandaranaike International Airport. Inside was the remains of twenty-four-year-old Ganushka Madumal who drowned in South Korea in a boat accident. Madumal, who had never swum in Sri Lankan seas, was working in a fishing vessel in Korea. He was not even wearing a life jacket at the time of the accident.

23 Aug 2017 - 4     - 4897

The first land auction at the Port City would be held next year, Megapolis and Western Development Miniser Patali Champika Ranawaka said today.

23 Aug 2017 - 7     - 5249

23 Aug 2017 - 2     - 6473

On a Presidential Directive the Service Providers had been asked to register their subscribers properly to curb SIM based frauds and crimes, Cabinet Spokesman and Minister, Gayantha Karunathilaka said today.

23 Aug 2017 - 0     - 3344

23 Aug 2017 - 5     - 10069

The Department for Registration of Persons (DRP) would issue a new ‘Smart ID’ within the coming two months, after the introduction of the present NICs some 45 years ago, Department’s Commissioner General Viyani Gunathilaka said today.

23 Aug 2017 - 4     - 12249

President Maithripala Sirisena today approved the request made by the UNP to remove Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe from his ministerial portfolio.

18 Aug 2017 - 10     - 6285

The joint opposition today launched a protest themed ‘Two Years of Gloom’ (Muusala Dewasara) against the completion of two years of the government at the Lipton Circus causing heavy traffic in Colombo.

16 Aug 2017 - 5     - 4643

Terming the upcoming T20 cricket series between Pakistan and Sri Lanka a good omen, Karachi Mayor Wasim Akhtar on Tuesday has demanded that the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) organise at least one of the matches of the in Karachi, the Dawn reported today.

12 Aug 2017 - 1     - 5066

The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) resolved to oppose the proposed postponement of the provincial council elections till 2019.

12 Aug 2017 - 8     - 8751

Answering allegations levelled against the Attorney General’s Department as to how it examined 8,600 pages data retrieved from Arjun Aloysius’ mobile phone within two days, Additional Solicitor General Yasantha Kodagoda PC said yesterday “some illiterate people” were making baseless allegations, because in the retrieval process, the experts had converted the data to a “PDF” file and using its search engine the

12 Aug 2017 - 3     - 5567

The Government's Deputy Chief Whip Ajith P. Perera yesterday requested Speaker Karu Jayasuriya to take action against several joint opposition MPs whom he accused of undermining the dignity of Parliament.

11 Aug 2017 - 0     - 6494

A French tourist was admitted to Badulla General Hospital on Thursday after he was injured when shrapnel, from a rock-blasting quarry in Demodara, had struck him when he was passing by, Ella Police said.

10 Aug 2017 - 11     - 5704

The Parliament session was suspended a short while ago after joint opposition MPs protested over an issue of Samurdhi payment.

10 Aug 2017 - 16     - 6460

Foreign Affairs Minister Ravi Karunanayake is scheduled to make a special statement in Parliament today at 1.00 pm, Ministry sources said.

05 Aug 2017 - 2     - 6526

A partial lunar eclipse would take place on the night of August 7, Full Moon Poya Day, Director of the Astronomy and Space Science Unit of the Colombo University, Professor Chandana Jayaratne said yesterday.

05 Aug 2017 - 6     - 5287

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s political future and the future of the country largely depend on resolving the national question and bringing about economic development, Opposition Leader R Sampanthan said .

05 Aug 2017 - 7     - 4547

Differences between the United National Party (UNP) and the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) are not an obstacle for to appreciate Prime Minister Ranil Wickremeisnghe's good qualities, SLFP Minister Nimal Siripala De Silva told Parliament yesterday.

05 Aug 2017 - 12     - 4103

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday stressed the need to speed up the process of finding a political solution to the national question and the development of the economy.

05 Aug 2017 - 0     - 5159

The Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) yesterday considered giving certain appropriate orders pursuant to a few legal issues raised by lawyers appearing for Central Bank's former governor Arjun Mahendran, PTL owner Arjun Aloysius and PTL CEO Kasun Palisena.

04 Aug 2017 - 9     - 5190

The five-day protest march launched by the ‘SAITM Virodi Sisu-Jana Vyaaparaya’ demanding that the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM) be abolished, reached Colombo today.

04 Aug 2017 - 0     - 3157

The Sri Lanka Navy yesterday facilitated the repatriation of 77 Indian fishermen, who were released from Sri Lankan custody after detaining them for poaching within the island’s territorial waters.

04 Aug 2017 - 9     - 7183

The Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court today ordered those who are protesting against the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM) to refrain from entering any state institution or cause inconvenience to the public.

04 Aug 2017 - 6     - 2417

The Joint Opposition yesterday said that they would boycott the special Parliamentary debate scheduled to celebrate Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s 40-years in Parliament.

03 Aug 2017 - 17     - 13547

Kaduwela Magistrate and Additional District Judge Prasanna Alvis ordered that the Financial Crimes Investigations Division (FCID) would be given three weeks time to hand over the 2010 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 luxury vehicle that belonged to MP Namal Rajapaksa initially and later sold to someone else.

29 Jul 2017 - 13     - 8671

The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) yesterday warned of a further restriction in the supply of electricity due to the reduction of hydro-power electricity generation as the water levels in the reservoirs had dropped drastically to 36 per cent of capacity.

29 Jul 2017 - 8     - 7668

Sri Lanka will be soon producing thin-film solar cells on a commercial basis with technological cooperation from China as a means of popularising the use of solar panels for domestic power generation, Science, Technology and Research Minister Susil Premajayantha said.

29 Jul 2017 - 25     - 7003

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) said yesterday it would get the workers attached to Sri Lanka Ports Authority to prevent the government from implementing the agreement which is to be signed today between the Government and China Merchant Holdings.

29 Jul 2017 - 10     - 5978

An anxious moment followed the adjournment of Parliament yesterday when the quorum bell started ringing.

29 Jul 2017 - 3     - 6341

The PCoI yesterday wanted to find out information relating to the purchases of the Perpetual Capital Holdings Pvt Ltd or its subsidiaries since February 1, 2015 in order to ascertain how the money circulated in the secondary market transactions had been generated.

29 Jul 2017 - 1     - 4814

Deputy Speaker Thilanga Sumathipala said yesterday the Gazette notice which declared the supply and distribution of fuel as essential services was legally approved in parliament in line with Standing Orders.

28 Jul 2017 - 9     - 9178

The Commission of Inquiry today ordered Arjun Aloysius to provide his Apple user account name and password, it to the investigating officers and directed the staff to notice him as he had earlier refused to provide this information.

28 Jul 2017 - 0     - 5282

28 Jul 2017 - 26     - 6870

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe today announced that the government would sign the agreement on the US$1.1 billion Hambantota Port Project tomorrow.Flanked by Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera and Central Bank Governor Indrajit Coomaraswamy, the Premier told a news briefing held at its auditorium that the country had lost a staggering Rs.46 billion from the Port since 2011.

26 Jul 2017 - 3     - 4964

The Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court today released 15 elephants taken into custody by the Wildlife Department on a bond of Rs. 10 million each under a temporary license for the Dalada Perehera.  

15 Jul 2017 - 0     - 12810

A new species of mosquito, ‘Aedes Aegypti Type-2' which has developed resistance to fogging, BTI and other dengue control methods was the reason for the most number of dengue cases this year, Government Epidemiology Unit's Dengue Control Unit Director Dr. Hasitha Tissera said.

15 Jul 2017 - 2     - 6151

While calling for the replacement of the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), UN Special Rapporteur Ben Emmerson yesterday asked the government not to allow the process of accountability to be diverted by retrograde elements in security establishments and their allies in Government.

15 Jul 2017 - 1     - 7377

Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC) ex-chairman Ariyaratne Athugala, ex additional director general Devapriya Abeysinghe and G.D. Sugathapala yesterday apologised to the three employees who had complained that they had been threatened and assaulted in 2010.

14 Jul 2017 - 1     - 5863

Ten Chief Inspectors (CIs) and 14 Inspectors (IPs) have been transferred with immediate effect by the National Police Commission on a recommendation made by Police Chief Pujith Jayasundara and the National Police Commission.

14 Jul 2017 - 0     - 5978

The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) today said that an issue has arisen when obtaining the accurate number of Dengue patients, since the responsible authorities were not able to notify it on a daily basis.

14 Jul 2017 - 2     - 6438

Former Treasury secretary Dr. P. B. Jayasundera, former Co-operatives and Internal Trade Ministry secretary, former deputy secretary to the Treasury and Lanka Sathosa ex-chairman were summoned by the PRECIFAC today in connection with a loss of Rs.136 million incurred by the state in 2014.

14 Jul 2017 - 7     - 11186

Abduction and torture of Tamils by the Sri Lankan security forces remain systematic because in 30 months the new Government has failed to dismantle the networks of the ‘deep state’, a Johannesburg-based, the International Truth and Justice Project (ITJP) said in its latest report.

14 Jul 2017 - 33     - 27492

World Cup winning captain Arjuna Ranatunga yesterday demanded an immediate inquiry into the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup final between Sri Lanka and India played in Mumbai, India.

13 Jul 2017 - 3     - 5972

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and the joint opposition are agitating for a new constitution and the abolition of the executive presidency while the SLFP and Mahanayakas of three Nikayas want to retain the executive presidency and introduce reforms to the existing Constitution, Minister and SLFP spokesman Dilan Perera said.

08 Jul 2017 - 0     - 3861

08 Jul 2017 - 5     - 10978

Bank of China, one of the largest State-owned financial institutions in China is expected to open a branch in Colombo this year, its first in South Asia, a spokesman said yesterday.

08 Jul 2017 - 1     - 4731

Higher Education Minister Lakshman Kiriella said yesterday the government had not taken any decision to divest the Colombo and Peradeniya universities from the purview of the University Grant Commission (UGC).

08 Jul 2017 - 0     - 6341

Minister Mahinda Amaraweera ruled out the possibility of abandoning the Uma Oya Project because 70 per cent work had been completed already.

08 Jul 2017 - 2     - 5989

The Attorney General yesterday informed the Colombo High Court that Colombo's former Chief JMO Ananda Samarasekera was found accountable in the investigations carried out by the Sri Lanka Medical Council (SLMC) into the misplacing of Wasim Thajudeen's body parts.

07 Jul 2017 - 1     - 3244

07 Jul 2017 - 6     - 8020

The GMOA said today it had for the first time got the opportunity to reveal the true facts about SAITM in the Supreme Court, which had allowed the GMOA to intervene in the appeal filed by the Sri Lanka Medical Council (SLMC).

07 Jul 2017 - 0     - 3742

07 Jul 2017 - 2     - 8210

Perpetual Treasuries Ltd owner Arjun Aloysius had interfered with the witness who was supposed to testify at the Presidential Commission of Inquiry on behalf of Pan Asia Bank, it was revealed today .

07 Jul 2017 - 0     - 2184

07 Jul 2017 - 10     - 5840

The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) yesterday called for a meeting with President Maithripala Sirisena to discuss the Dengue outbreak in the country.

06 Jul 2017 - 4     - 3784

The government is keen on making amendments to the Constitution despite many other burning issues in the country including the dengue epidemic, garbage issues and the economic crisis, the joint opposition alleged today.

06 Jul 2017 - 38     - 7285

The people did not mandate to this government for Constitutional reforms that would necessitate a referendum, National Council of Sri Lanka Chairman Ven. Athuraliye Rathana Thera said today.