News Room : Legal action will be taken against Third Secretary of Lankan Embassy in Oman – The Island
SJB, JVP, SLFP and SLPP dissidents vote against Budget By Saman Indrajith The second reading of Budget 2023 was passed with a majority of 37 votes in Parliament yesterday. The vote taken at 6 pm received 121 votes in favour and 84 votes against. The SJB, JVP, SLFP and SLPP dissidents voted against the Budget. The vote on the second reading had originally been...
News Room : Teachers’ new casual clothes force govt. to bring back old dress code
By Saman Indrajith Education Minister Susil Premajayantha told Parliament yesterday that he had referred to the Ministry of Public Administration the matter of female teachers wearing clothes, other than sarees to school, on the basis of a government circular. The Minister said that he had asked the Ministry of Public Administration to amend that circular at issue. Minister Premajayantha said so responding...
News Room : Yes indeed, Hippocrates is turning in his grave
My mind time travelled thirty-seven years to the auditorium, Rahula College, Matara. Being one of the two surgeons at the Base Hospital I was a man in demand whom the service receivers respected. My good lady and I were seated in the VIP row of seats and when the curtain raised there was a man hanging from a lamp...
News Room : Gal Oya Plantations seen as role model for profitable public-private partnerships – The Island
At a time when enhancing profitability of public enterprises is an urgent need to boost the national economy of Sri Lanka, the revival and turnaround of Gal Oya Plantations (formerly known as Hingurana Sugar factory) by LOLC is an embodiment of how the nation’s assets can be enhanced through professionalism and expertise by the private sector. Underperforming state enterprises...
News Room : Mahinda, St. Servatius’ clash for a semi-final date with St. Peter’s – The Island
The Under 19 Division I Cricket Tier ‘B’ quarter-final between Mahinda College, Galle and St. Servatius’ College, Matara will be played at Dharmapala College ground Pannipitiya today. They will be fighting to earn a semi-final spot against St. Peter’s who beat Devapathiraja in the top quarter-final recently. Mahinda, captained by Dhanuja Induwara were the runners-up to Maris Stella in their group...
News Room : Air Force win National Water Polo title after 11 years
Sri Lanka Air Force clinched the title of the National Water Polo Championships after a lapse of eleven years. The Sir Lanka Aquatic Sports Union (SLASU) organized the event took place from November 18 to 20 at the Sugathadasa Stadium Swimming Pool Complex. The Air Force men’s team remained unbeaten to win the title. They recovered from being 4-1 at the end...
News Room : Campaign Finance Act gets green light
‘The act to regulate expenditure incurred by candidates at elections conducted under the local authorities elections ordinance, The provincial councils Elections Act, The Parliamentary Elections Act and the Presidential Elections Act ‘ drawn up by the Election Commission of Sri Lanka has been approved by the cabinet of ministers and would be presented in Parliament by January 2023 – Chairman ECSL
News Room : Opp. asks if AG, EC backing conspiracy to put off LG polls – The Island
GL educates EC on election laws SLPP rebel to vote against Budget BY Shamindra Ferdinando Accusing President Ranil Wickremesinghe and Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena of conspiring to put off scheduled Local Government polls indefinitely, Prof. G.L. Peiris has asked whether the Election Commission (EC) is backing the government’s efforts to postpone polls. The former Foreign Minister has found fault with the EC for seeking...
News Room : Past cricketers of Nalanda win Colonel Henry Steele Olcott Memorial Trophy
Excellent bowling by Shanuka Dassanayake, Ishara Amarasinghe and Mewan Porage helped the past cricketers of Nalanda College Colombo beat the past cricketers of Mahinda College Galle to clinch the Sir Henry Steele Olcott Memorial Trophy for the first time in the series. Nalanda restricted the unbeaten Mahinda team to 34/9 in their six overs and scored the winning runs in...
News Room : Mahathir and Mahinda
Tuesday 22nd November, 2022 Former Prime Minister of Malaysia Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, 97, has suffered an ignominious electoral defeat, the first in 53 years. He has lost not only his parliamentary seat in the Langkawi island constituency but also his deposit! He became the Prime Minister of Malaysia in 1981 and held that post until 2003. He pulled off a...