News Room : First delivery to China Eastern Airlines marks aviation milestone – The Island
The Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Comac) delivered the first C919 jet to China Eastern Airlines in Shanghai on Friday, showing off the narrow-body passenger plane with a 15-minute flight that marked a milestone in the country’s aviation ambitions. The plane, with a flight number MU919, took off at 11.40am from Shanghai Pudong International Airport and landed at 12.02pm at...
News Room : SC to take up fundamental rights cases against attack on anti-govt. protesters
By A.J.A. Abeynayaka The Supreme Court yesterday said it would take up five fundamental rights cases filed against the attack on anti-government protesters, at Galle face Green on 09 May by SLPP supporters who had earlier gathered at Temple Trees.A number of protesters, including Lahiru Chanaka, who sustained serious injuries, have filed the petitions and the Court set the date for...
News Room : 165 cows in Kilinochchi die due to cold weather
Over 160 cows in Kilinochchi have died in the early hours of yesterday (09) due to the cold weather, residents of the area claim.About 165 milch cows and their calves had died due to the weather, they said. Disaster Management Centre (DMC) at Kilinochchi said that the temperature of the district had plummeted to about 17 degrees celsius for two...
News Room : President underlines need to be economically strong to safeguard national security
Being economically strong was extremely important in the current strategic environment because today’s warfare was not confrontation between armies, and it was economic, cultural, and technological, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Thursday at the Graduation Ceremony of the Defence Services Command and Staff College (DSCSC) Course No 16, which was held at the Nelum Pokuna Mahinda Rajapaksa Theatre. President Wickremesinghe...
News Room : Air Quality level in Sri Lanka improving – NBRO
Air quality index levels with respect to PM2.5 for 08:000 hours on 9th December 2022 indicate moderate level at Colombo 07, Jaffna, Kurunegala, Kegalle, Vavuniya, Kandy, Rathnapura, Embilipitiya, Trincomalee, Mullaitivu, Kalutara, Hambantota, Polonnaruwa and good level at all cities.
News Room : Electrical engineer Ranawaka paints a grim picture of outcome of proposed CEB reforms
… likens it to what happened to Russia with Gorbachev reforms By Saman Indrajith Samagi Jana Balavegaya MP Patali Champika Ranawaka told Parliament yesterday that the government’s plans to restructure the Ceylon Electricity Board would certainly lead to disaster. “These privatisation plans, if permitted, would have the same consequences as the economic reforms in Russia under Mikhail Gorbachev,” Ranawaka said. Ranawaka, an electrical...
News Room : No option but to increase electricity tariff – Prez
By Saman Indrajith President Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday (08) told Parliament that Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) had incurred losses to the tune of Rs 300 billion since 2013. “We increased electricity tariff in August, but we will lose Rs 150 billion this year. If there is a drought next year we will need to find Rs 420 billion extra to ensure an...
News Room : Rohit’s cameo in vain as Bangladesh seal series – The Island
INDIA TOUR OF BANGLADESH, 2022 Bangladesh completed a sensational win to clinch the ODI series 2-0 after a clinical performance with the ball in defence of 271, a total that came on the back of more batting heroics from Mehidy Hasan who finished with his maiden ODI hundred. A late cameo from Rohit Sharma, who finished with an unbeaten 51...
News Room : Modi’s BJP set for a landslide in state polls in India’s Gujarat
India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is heading for a record-breaking landslide victory in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state of Gujarat for a seventh straight term.The right-wing party is leading in 156 of the 182 seats in the state assembly, according to data released by the election commission on Thursday. The final results are expected later on Thursday. In...
News Room : As US watches on, China-Saudi relations grow in importance – The Island
By Shehab Al-Makahleh and Giorgio Cafiero Chinese President Xi Jinping is in Riyadh for a three-day trip, underscoring the constantly growing importance of Sino-Saudi relations, and a clear message from Saudi Arabia that it will not take diktats from the United States. Xi’s first trip to Saudi Arabia in six years gives Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman...