Hambantota District SLPP MP D.V. Chanaka said on Friday that words such as container, solar panel, and wind power had been banned in Parliament.
Addressing a press conference at the SLPP headquarters in Battaramulla MP Chanaka said: “There are now...
The recent controversy surrounding the release of a financial fraud convict from Anuradhapura Prison under the Presidential Pardon for Vesak Poya Day has revealed a serious irregularity: the convict’s name was not included in the official list of pardoned...
The strike launched by the Joint Council for Professions Supplementary to Medicine (JCPSM) came to an end at 8:00 a.m. today (7 June), with four of its five affiliated unions deciding to withdraw from the industrial action.
JCPSM General Secretary...
A special relief flight, UL 302, departed from Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) to Medan International Airport in Sumatra, Indonesia, to transport 101 passengers and crew members from SriLankan Airlines flight UL 306, which was grounded due to a technical...
The government is facing a backlash following the release of a convicted financial fraudster from Anuradhapura Prison under a presidential pardon granted on Vesak Poya Day.
According to a report submitted to the High Court by prison officials, the convict...
Former Defence Ministry Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Bathiya Jayakody and Santhush Weeraman should be named as suspects in a case involving the misuse of public funds.
The case concerns the Weras Ganga project, launched to control flooding in Colombo, where...
Donald Trump has said he will visit China after speaking to its leader Xi Jinping over the phone.
The US president said he had reciprocated with an invite to the White House during the “very good talk” – though such...
The government yesterday warned that it would introduce a Maximum Retail Price (MRP) for salt within the week if attempts to inflate prices continued.Trade Minister Wasantha Samarasinghe said the government’s decision to allow salt imports was solely intended to...
Eminem’s music publishing company, Eight Mile Style, has filed a massive lawsuit against tech giant Meta, accusing it of copyright infringement for the unauthorised use of over 200 of the rapper’s songs across Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
Filed this week,...
The Colombo High Court has sentenced a 46-year-old mother of three to seven years of rigorous imprisonment for attempting to sell her two-day-old infant for Rs 75,000.
The verdict was delivered by Colombo High Court Judge Navaratne Marasinghe.
In addition to...