News Room : Cardinal calls for probe into alleged dealings between intelligence agencies and terror group – The Island
Easter Sunday attacks By Norman Palihawadana Archbishop of Colombo, Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith, yesterday asked whether there had been any investigation into the possible dealings between intelligence agencies and Zahran Hashim’s National Thowheed Jamath. Addressing an event to mark the fourth anniversary of the Easter Sunday attacks, the Cardinal said that the Presidential Commission of Inquiry, on the Easter Sunday attacks, had revealed...
News Room : PUCSL Chairman drops bombshells
40 to 45 percent of grease in the market adulterated 30 percent of lubricants unauthorised The Ministry of Power and Energy had proposed to remove the lubricant levy from the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL), regulator of the lubricant market, without providing a proper justification, Chairman of the PUCSL Janaka Ratnayake, said. The PUCSL has been regulating the lubricant market...
News Room : Russian warplane ‘accidentally bombs own city’
The defence ministry in Moscow says a Russian fighter jet accidentally bombed the city of Belgorod near the border with Ukraine. Regional Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said the blast had left a huge crater about 20 metres (60 ft) wide in the city centre. Two women were injured and several buildings were damaged, he said. A Su-34 fighter-bomber jet accidentally discharged aircraft...
News Room : Government officials neglected the welfare surveys aimed to help the poor – Prime Minister
Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena participating at the Badulla district progress review meeting of “Aluth Gamak- Aluth Ratak” the National Integrated Participatory Development Programme held at Badulla District Secretariat on Thursday (20) pointed out that some government officials had neglected to carry out the welfare surveys aimed to help the poor. The PM reiterated that every government official should contribute to...
News Room : Showers in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Southern, Central and North-central provinces and in Mullaitivu district – The Island
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 19 April 2023 by the Department of Meteorology Showers or thundershowers will occur at several places in Sabaragamuwa, Western, Central, North-Western, and North-central provinces and in Galle, Matara and Mullaitivu districts during the afternoon or night. Mainly fair weather will prevail elsewhere over the island. Winds will be south-westerly over the sea areas off the...
News Room : Even fresh medical graduates leaving country – The Island
By Rathindra Kuruwita About 50 fresh medical graduates were leaving the country without even applying for their post-intern positions here, Secretary of the Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) Dr. Haritha Aluthge said yesterday. He said that there was a severe shortage of doctors in peripheral hospitals due to unprecedented migration. “For almost a year we have been warning the government that doctors...
News Room : Cuban lawmakers vote in new five-year term for current president – The Island
Aljazeera reported that Cuba’s National Assembly has ratified another five-year term for incumbent President Miguel Diaz-Canel, in a move expected to result in few changes as the country struggles with an economic crisis and an exodus of citizens. “We must assume this gigantic challenge without slowing down,” Diaz-Canel, 62, said in a speech following his victory on Wednesday. He called...
News Room : Doctor’s death due to AstraZeneca Covid vaccine reaction – inquest
BBC reported that an inquest has ruled that the death of a doctor after his Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 jab was due to “unintended complications of the vaccine”. Stephen Wright, an NHS psychologist in south-east London, died 10 days after his first dose in January 2021, senior coroner Andrew Harris found. Dr Wright, 32, suffered a blood clot to the brain after...
News Room : Dozens die in Ramadan crush in Yemen’s capital Sanaa
BBC quoting officials reported that at least 78 people have been killed in a crush at a school in the Yemeni capital Sanaa during a distribution of charity for Ramadan. Video footage on social media shows chaotic scenes after the incident in the Bab-al-Yemen area of the city. Reuters news agency reports that hundreds of people crowded into the school...
News Room : CIABOC urged to investigate Justice Minister’s allegation – The Island
USD 250 Mn X-Press Pearl ‘bribe’: By Shamindra Ferdinando Environmentalist Dr. Ajantha Perera has lodged a complaint with the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) regarding an alleged USD 250 Mn payoff meant to undermine Sri Lanka’s efforts to obtain maximum possible compensation for the unprecedented damages caused by the X-Press Pearl ship disaster, in May/June 2021, off...