News Room : Poland: Government under pressure over escalating cash for visas scandal
The speaker of Poland’s upper house of parliament has called on the government to reveal what it knew about an escalating cash for visas...
News Room : Curiouser and curiouser …
Saturday 16th September, 2023 Channel 4’s recent programme on the Easter Sunday terror attacks has yielded the intended results. It influenced the UNHRC ahead of...
News Room : Mendis, Asalanka nail tricky chase to set up India-Sri Lanka final
Sri Lanka defeated Pakistan in a last-ball cliffhanger by two wickets, courtesy a platform-setting innings by Kusal Mendis, and a crucial finish by Charith...
News Room : PAFFREL calls upon Constitutional Council to make Election Commission financially independent – The Island
By Rathindra Kuruwita The Constitutional Council (CC) is responsible for creating a legal framework to ensure that independent commissions are financially independent, but even after...
News Room : Death toll in Libya’s Derna flooding could reach 20,000: Mayor – The Island
Derna Mayor Abdulmenam al-Ghaithi has told Saudi-owned Al Arabiya television that the estimated number of deaths in the city could reach between 18,000 to...
News Room : The Philippines looks askance at evidence gathering mechanism – The Island
UNHRC report on Sri Lanka The Philippines has questioned the allocation of as much as USD 10 mn for Geneva-based evidence gathering mechanism to inquire...
News Room : KOICA upgrades Korean medical clinic at Ayurveda Hospital
Korea International Cooperation Agency, (KOICA) has upgraded and renovated the Korean clinic attached to the National Ayurveda Hospital of Sri Lanka (Teaching). KOICA said...
News Room : Showers in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Southern and North-western provinces and in Kandy and Nuwara-Eliya districts – The Island
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 11 September 2023 by the Department of Meteorology Showers will occur at times in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Southern and...
News Room : Waiver of tariffs on electric vehicles for assembling companies investing USD 50 mn
By Rathindra Kuruwita The Cabinet of ministers had approved a proposal by the President to remove all tariffs on electric vehicles for companies that had...
News Room : SL joins American Georgia State University’s global Cosmic Ray Muon Detector network – The Island
Sri Lanka became the very first country (outside the USA) to deploy Georgia State University’s (GSU) Cosmic Ray Muon Detector. Sri Lanka now becomes...