News Room : Remittances from expat workers increase – The Island
Safi Nagar sand mining scam:reiterate call for thorough probe TNA MP Shanakiyan Rasamanickam (Batticaloa) and CP MP Weerasumana Weerasinghe (Matara District) yesterday (11) urged the government to initiate legal proceedings against the former Chairman of the Geological Survey and Mines Bureau (GSMB), Senarath Hewage Prasad Manjula, and Director General Sajjana de Silva, sent on compulsory leave over corruption charges. The issues...
News Room : Opposition under fire over passage of controversial tax Bill – The Island
Safi Nagar sand mining scam:reiterate call for thorough probe TNA MP Shanakiyan Rasamanickam (Batticaloa) and CP MP Weerasumana Weerasinghe (Matara District) yesterday (11) urged the government to initiate legal proceedings against the former Chairman of the Geological Survey and Mines Bureau (GSMB), Senarath Hewage Prasad Manjula, and Director General Sajjana de Silva, sent on compulsory leave over corruption charges. The issues...
News Room : Boos greet Prez at Colombo Law Faculty – The Island
Safi Nagar sand mining scam:reiterate call for thorough probe TNA MP Shanakiyan Rasamanickam (Batticaloa) and CP MP Weerasumana Weerasinghe (Matara District) yesterday (11) urged the government to initiate legal proceedings against the former Chairman of the Geological Survey and Mines Bureau (GSMB), Senarath Hewage Prasad Manjula, and Director General Sajjana de Silva, sent on compulsory leave over corruption charges. The issues...
News Room : Delhi air quality remains ‘very poor’ at 337 AQI – The Island
Safi Nagar sand mining scam:reiterate call for thorough probe TNA MP Shanakiyan Rasamanickam (Batticaloa) and CP MP Weerasumana Weerasinghe (Matara District) yesterday (11) urged the government to initiate legal proceedings against the former Chairman of the Geological Survey and Mines Bureau (GSMB), Senarath Hewage Prasad Manjula, and Director General Sajjana de Silva, sent on compulsory leave over corruption charges. The issues...
News Room : Galle Gladiators defeat Colombo Stars by 25 runs – The Island
State Minister Diana Gamage Thursday threatened that if she loses her parliamentary seat on the grounds that she is not a Sri Lanka citizen, then all Samagi Jana Balawegaya MPs too would lose their seats.Participating in the final day debate on Budget 2023 in Parliament on Thursday, Gamage said that if she is not a citizen then the SJB...
News Room : Chamika’s 16-ball 26* gives Kandy Falcons last-ball victory
An unbeaten 26 off 16 balls by Chamika Karunarathne helped Kandy Falcons defeat Jaffna Kings in a last ball thriller at Pallekele on Saturday (10) Jaffna Kings 147/7 in 20 overs (Avishka Fernando 31, Shoaib Malik 28, Dunith Wellalage 20; Fabian Allen 2-23, Wanidu Hasaranga 2-26, Isuru Udana 2-32, Zahoor Khan 1-28) Kandy Falcons 148/7 in 20 overs (Ashen Bandara 44,...
News Room : Morocco and France qualify for semi-finals of World Cup 2022
Morocco beat Portugal 1-0 and France beat England 2-1 to qualify for the semi-finals of the 2022 World Cup
News Room : “If I go down, you go down with me,” says Diana Gamage to SJB – The Island
State Minister Diana Gamage Thursday threatened that if she loses her parliamentary seat on the grounds that she is not a Sri Lanka citizen, then all Samagi Jana Balawegaya MPs too would lose their seats.Participating in the final day debate on Budget 2023 in Parliament on Thursday, Gamage said that if she is not a citizen then the SJB...
News Room : India smogs out Lanka’s China tower observers
ECONOMYNEXT –Sri Lanka’s Chinese-built Lotus Tower has halved visitors to its observation deck an official said as dirty air flowing from India triggered air quality warnings and schools in the capital closed. “Masks are mandatory at the observation deck and roughly around 50 to 60 can go up to the observation deck at a time, time limits have not been...
News Room : Cricket at crossroads – The Island
by Rex Clementine This week’s court ruling giving thumbs up to changes be made to the constitution of Sri Lanka Cricket has been welcomed in cricket circles. Don’t want to sound like a doomsday prophet but you can bet your bottom dollar that the aggrieved parties will fight tooth and nail to ensure the status quo remains. People have already...