News Room : Three Lankans rescued from Male garage fire – The Island
By Shamindra Ferdinando Samagi Jana Balaveyaga (SJB) has alleged that the Attorney General’s Department is delaying the release of information, pertaining to the withdrawal of indictments in a number of controversial cases, after the Nov. 2019 presidential election. SJB lawmaker Mujibur Rahuman yesterday (13) told The Island that he had submitted an application, dated November 01, 2021, to the Attorney General, in terms of...
News Room : JVP’s , AKD questions why the government. Don’t tax cigarettes; officials received Rs. 31,500,000 in benefits as a result!
JVP leader Mr. Anura Kumara Dissanayake made a special revelation in Parliament about how the government authorities supported the cigarette scam. Mr. Dissanayake said that businessman D.S. Muditha Gunasekara of Gunasekara Company has applied for the purchase of 31500 lakh rupees from Katuwana Bank of Ceylon branch, and since the price of cigarettes is to rise in the budget, the...
News Room : Attempt to increase ministers to 70: Harsha responds to Rajitha’s latest slur.(VIDEO)
Mr. Harsha de Silva said that the government has planned to increase the cabinet to 70 while the country is bankrupt. He pointed out that this is totally unacceptable. Also, Mr. Harsha Silva corrected a statement made by Mr. Rajitha Senaratne. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nECZuB03fcM
News Room : International support will not be given to a government formed by ministers who jump from one place to another. Marikkar MP. (VIDEO)
SJB Member of Parliament S. M. Marikkar said that the international support is needed to get rid of the current financial crisis, and the government that is made by ministers who jump here and there will not get international support. He pointed out that in order to get international support; a government with a mandate should be established. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUBEwkSZyFA Five months back...
News Room : Airline on the block in Sri Lanka reforms – The Island
By Amal Jayasinghe Dozens of state-owned Sri Lankan companies employing tens of thousands of people could be restructured or closed as part of an IMF bailout of the bankrupt country, with the country’s airline top of the list for reform.With nearly 6,000 staff, SriLankan Airlines is the biggest and most expensive of the cash-haemorrhaging, sclerotic companies that have drained the...
News Room : “Do your job without fear or favour” – The Island
By Amal Jayasinghe Dozens of state-owned Sri Lankan companies employing tens of thousands of people could be restructured or closed as part of an IMF bailout of the bankrupt country, with the country’s airline top of the list for reform.With nearly 6,000 staff, SriLankan Airlines is the biggest and most expensive of the cash-haemorrhaging, sclerotic companies that have drained the...
News Room : Lanka’s tourism push struggles amid internal, external concerns – The Island
By Amal Jayasinghe Dozens of state-owned Sri Lankan companies employing tens of thousands of people could be restructured or closed as part of an IMF bailout of the bankrupt country, with the country’s airline top of the list for reform.With nearly 6,000 staff, SriLankan Airlines is the biggest and most expensive of the cash-haemorrhaging, sclerotic companies that have drained the...
News Room : SLT Group stays resilient for Q3 overcoming external impacts – The Island
By Amal Jayasinghe Dozens of state-owned Sri Lankan companies employing tens of thousands of people could be restructured or closed as part of an IMF bailout of the bankrupt country, with the country’s airline top of the list for reform.With nearly 6,000 staff, SriLankan Airlines is the biggest and most expensive of the cash-haemorrhaging, sclerotic companies that have drained the...
News Room : “Are you trying to be comfortable in jail because you’ll spend a long time there?” – The Island
By Amal Jayasinghe Dozens of state-owned Sri Lankan companies employing tens of thousands of people could be restructured or closed as part of an IMF bailout of the bankrupt country, with the country’s airline top of the list for reform.With nearly 6,000 staff, SriLankan Airlines is the biggest and most expensive of the cash-haemorrhaging, sclerotic companies that have drained the...
News Room : India top court frees convicts in ex-PM Rajiv Gandhi’s killing – The Island
By Amal Jayasinghe Dozens of state-owned Sri Lankan companies employing tens of thousands of people could be restructured or closed as part of an IMF bailout of the bankrupt country, with the country’s airline top of the list for reform.With nearly 6,000 staff, SriLankan Airlines is the biggest and most expensive of the cash-haemorrhaging, sclerotic companies that have drained the...