News Room : 5,000 unvaccinated children in Colombo city spark fear of disease resurgence – The Island
By Rathindra Kuruwita and Ifham Nizam An unsuccessful attempt to relocate wild elephants from areas such as Sravasthipura, Thambuttegama, Wilachchiya, Moragoda, and Thanthirimale in the Anuradhapura District to Wilpattu National Park had resulted in around 150 elephants, including females and calves, being trapped without food for over a week at the Oyamaduwa National Livestock Development Board farm, environmentalists claim. Kelum Mahesh...
News Room : Army steps up anti-narcotics operations – The Island
By Rathindra Kuruwita and Ifham Nizam An unsuccessful attempt to relocate wild elephants from areas such as Sravasthipura, Thambuttegama, Wilachchiya, Moragoda, and Thanthirimale in the Anuradhapura District to Wilpattu National Park had resulted in around 150 elephants, including females and calves, being trapped without food for over a week at the Oyamaduwa National Livestock Development Board farm, environmentalists claim. Kelum Mahesh...
News Room : Environmentalists say 150 elephants trapped without food – The Island
By Rathindra Kuruwita and Ifham Nizam An unsuccessful attempt to relocate wild elephants from areas such as Sravasthipura, Thambuttegama, Wilachchiya, Moragoda, and Thanthirimale in the Anuradhapura District to Wilpattu National Park had resulted in around 150 elephants, including females and calves, being trapped without food for over a week at the Oyamaduwa National Livestock Development Board farm, environmentalists claim. Kelum Mahesh...
News Room : EC asks police to act on errant candidates
116 The Election Commission has commenced handing over information to Police of candidates who contested the 2024 General Election but have failed to submit their income and expenditure reports. Election Commission Chairman R. M. A. L. Rathnayake said yesterday (2) that information of candidates who failed to submit their income and expenditure reports by the set deadline have commenced being...
News Room : Everyone should commit themselves to fulfilling their services- Prime Minister
72 Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya expressed her appreciation for the support extended by Public Servants in recent months and emphasised the importance of everyone dedicating themselves with greater effort and enthusiasm to fulfilling the services that the Government is responsible for providing to the people in the new year. The Prime Minister made these remarks while inaugurating the operations of...
News Room : What could we expect? – The Island
By Shamindra Ferdinando Senior lecturer in economics and head of the IT Department at the University of Colombo, Professor Priyanga Dunusinghe, recently declared that the new National People’s Power (NPP) administration had neither a clear economic policy nor a tangible action plan to address the plethora of serious issues facing the nation. Prof. Dunusinghe warned of dire consequences unless the government...
News Room : Special units in Ministries will probe fraud and corruption
95 Cabinet Spokesman, Health and Media Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa stated that investigation units will be established within ministries to ensure accountability of public institutions to the people. The Minister made this statement during the media briefing held yesterday (31) at the Government Information Department to announce the Cabinet decisions. He noted that numerous complaints regarding irregularities, corruption, and fraud within the...
News Room : Tabling of Appropriation Bill approved
125 The Cabinet of Ministers has granted approval to table the Appropriation Bill for the Financial Year 2025 in Parliament. According to Government Information Department sources, at this week’s Cabinet meeting, approval was given to instruct the Legal Draftsman to prepare the Bill. Subsequently, the Attorney General’s clearance was obtained for the draft prepared by the Legal Draftsman. As a result, the...
News Room : Ajith appointed to CC
Kalutara District SJB MP Ajith P Perera has been appointed the Opposition Leader’s nominee for the Constitutional Council. The post of Opposition Leader’s nominee in the Constitutional Council was held by Kabir Hashim during the previous Parliament. The CC is scheduled to meet today (31).
News Room : The 39th president of the United States, Jimmy Carter died
29 Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, a tireless advocate for global health and human rights, has died, it was announced on Sunday. He was 100 years old. A Georgia Democrat, Carter was the longest-lived president in US history. He only served one term in the White House and was soundly beaten by Ronald Reagan in 1980. But...