News Room : House committee warns against privatisation of SLT, citing national security reasons – The Island
The Parliamentary Oversight Committee on National Security has strongly advised the Wickremesinghe-Rajapaksa government against privatising Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT).The 11-member committee, in a report,...
News Room : BASL condemns govt. attempts to restrict freedom of expression – The Island
The Parliamentary Oversight Committee on National Security has strongly advised the Wickremesinghe-Rajapaksa government against privatising Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT).The 11-member committee, in a report,...
News Room : Expedite Action Plan for Reconciliation – President – The Island
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has taken decisive action to combat the spread of Covid-19 and Dengue in the country by establishing both a Ministerial Committee...
News Room : Navy and STF nab suspect in possession of explosives in China Bay – The Island
By Shamindra Ferdinando Chairman of the Oversight Committee on National Security Rear Admiral Sarath Weerasekara, MP, has warned many countries would endorse Canadian declaration of...
News Room : Showers in Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Galle and Matara districts – The Island
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 08 June 2023 by the Department of Meteorology Showers or thundershowers will occur at times in Western and...
News Room : Causing religious tension: Ven. Saddharathana, Bruno and Natasha remanded till 21 June
Fort Magistrate Thilina Gamage yesterday (07) ordered that stand-up comedian Natasha Edirisooriya and the owner of the YouTube channel ‘SL VLOG’ Bruno Divakara be...
News Room : India fast tracks construction of sanitation units in Batticaloa – The Island
By Shamindra Ferdinando Declaring that Muslim National Alliance (MNA) MP Ali Sabri Raheem couldn’t continue to be an MP after being fined for an abortive...
News Room : Prices of sixty essential drugs to be reduced from 15th June – The Island
Chief of Staff to the President and National Security Advisor (NSA) Sagala Ratnayaka led the Sri Lanka delegation to the 20th IISS Shangri-La Dialogue,...
News Room : President meets IMF representatives – The Island
President Ranil Wickremesinghe will deliver a special statement on the government’s efforts taken over the past nine months to revive Sri Lanka’s economy, as...
News Room : Samurdhi Bank not subject to state audit: COPA concerned
Samurdhi Bank, which is under the purview of the Samurdhi Department, is not subject to state audit, and the Committee on Public Accounts (COPA)...