News Room : Ranil’s coterie at passport office misleading current Minister: Unions – The Island
By Rathindra Kuruwita Senior officials at the Department of Immigration and Emigration, appointed during the Ranil Wickremesinghe administration, are misleading Minister Vijitha Herath regarding issues surrounding passport issuance, the Sri Lanka Immigration and Emigration Officers’ Association (SLIEOA) has said. The SLIEOA has in a media statement, highlighted that despite the department having access to the necessary data to streamline immigration processes,...
News Room : President Dissanayake promises PAYE tax reduction via 2025 budget – The Island
By Rathindra Kuruwita The misuse of state property has decreased drastically compared to the situation prior to the 21 September presidential election, Rohana Hettiarachchi, says Executive Director of the People’s Action for Free & Fair Elections (PAFFREL). Hettiarachchi said yesterday that overall the 21 September presidential election had been one of the cleanest elections Sri Lanka had ever seen. “The massive misuse...
News Room : Govt. planning to shut down Thriposha Company – The Island
By Rathindra Kuruwita The Frontline Socialist Party (FSP) yesterday (07) said the government was planning to shut down the state-owned Thriposha Company, and such a course of action would lead to further deteriorate nutritional standards of Sri Lankan children. FSP education Secretary and Colombo District candidate Pubudu Jayagoda said the government had issued Gazette Notification No. 2403/53 dated 27 September 2024...
News Room : Trump’s comeback – The Island
Thursday 7th November, 2024 The NPP’s victory in the September presidential election has catapulted the JVP to the limelight. An otherwise camera-shy JVP General Secretary, Tilvin Silva, faced an interview on the state-owned ITN on Tuesday night. What he came out with was usual campaign rhetoric, but there were some takeaways. Silva said the JVP-led NPP had succeeded in exposing its...
News Room : Showers or thundershowers will occur at times in Northern, North-Central, Central, Sabaragamuwa, Uva and Southern Provinces and in Puttalam and Trincomalee districts – The Island
The Natural Hazards Early Warning Center of the National Building Research Organization has issued land slide early warnings to the districts of Badulla, Galle, Kalutara, Kandy, Kegalle, Kurunagala, Matara and Rathnapura. Accordingly,Level II landslide early warnings have been issued to the divisional secretaries divisions and surrounding areas of Dehiowita, Kegalle, Mawanella and Bulathkohupitiya in the Kegalle district and Kuruwita, Eheliyagoda...
News Room : Bangladesh lose 8 for 23 as Ghazanfar spins Afghanistan to victory – The Island
Substitute wicketkeeper Ikram Alikhil had dropped Najmul Hossain Shanto on 21, Mohammad Nabi had put Mehidy Hasan Miraz down on 1, Gulbadin Naib had seen the ball slip through his hands with Mehidy on 4, and Afghanistan had burned both their reviews. At the halfway mark of their chase, Bangladesh were 118 away from their target of 236 and...
News Room : Dollar and Bitcoin soar – The Island
Text and pic By Shamindra Ferdinando UNP National Organiser Sagala Ratnayake said that in spite of winning the presidential election the NPP government was yet to start addressing the issues at hand in a holistic manner, to say the least. Ratnayake, who is contesting from the Colombo district on the New Democratic Front (NDF) ticket under the ‘Gas cylinder’ symbol, alleged...
News Room : Trump takes North Carolina in first swing state result
Donald Trump is projected to win North Carolina in the first result from one of the seven key battleground states Democrats had hoped to flip the traditionally Republican state; the other six swing states are yet to be called
News Room : Maine district called for Harris
The AP has called Maine’s 1st Congressional District for the Democratic Party, giving Harris one Electoral vote. (Aljazeera)
News Room : Upgrading social and economic well-being of the rural community is one of the primary objectives of the government – President – The Island
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake stated that rural development and upgrading the social and economic well-being of the rural community is one of the primary objectives of the government during this term. The President expressed these views during a discussion held on Tuesday (05) at the Presidential Secretariat with members of the Sri Lanka Administrative Service Association (SLAS). The President highlighted the...