MPs ask for new Bill containing amendments suggested by AG
By Shamindra Ferdinando
Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena yesterday (09) assured Parliament that the vote on the Central Bank of Sri Lanka Bill would not be held tomorrow (11).
PM Gunawardena gave this...
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 07 May 2023 by the Department of Metoerology
Showers or thundershowers will occur at times in Western, Sabaragamuwa, North-Western and Northern provinces and in the Galle, Matara, Kandy and Nuwara-Eliya districts.
Showers or thundershowers...
Varun Chakravarthy’s miserly spell, Nitish Rana’s half-century and brisk knocks by Jason Roy, Andre Russell and Rinku Singh powered Kolkata Knight Riders to a last-ball win over Punjab Kings, at the Eden Gardens. The five-wicket win on Monday helped...
BBC reported that the Canadian government has expelled a Toronto-based Chinese diplomat who was allegedly involved in a scheme to intimidate a member of parliament.
China is accused of seeking to target lawmaker Michael Chong and his relatives in...
Sri Lanka recorded at least one elephant death a day in the first quarter of 2023, nearly half of them due to human causes, putting the country on track for a record death toll from human-elephant conflict, said a...
BBC reported that at least 21 people have died after a packed tourist boat capsized in India’s southern Kerala state.
The death toll could rise as rescue efforts are under way on Monday and the vessel is pulled from muddy...
The National Building Research Organisation (NBRO) has issued Level I landslide early warnings to Badulla, Galle, Kegalle, Kurunegala and Matale Districts.
Accordingly, Divisional Secretaries divisions of Passara in the Badulla district, Baddegama, Elpitiya, Nagoda and Yakkalamulla in the Galle district,...
By Shamindra Ferdinando
SLPP MP Gevindu Cumaratunga, now functioning as an independent, yesterday (07), said that it would be the responsibility of Parliament to ensure that amendments, recommended by the judiciary to a Bill titled ‘Central Bank of Sri Lanka,’...
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 04 May 2023 by the Department of Meteorology
Showers or thundershowers will occur over most parts of the island after 1.00pm.
Showers will occur in Western and Northwestern provinces and in Jaffna, Kilinochchi, Mannar,...
ECONOMYNEXT –Cancer patients at the Apeksha Hospital, Maharagama are facing a double blow as the facility has run out of vital supplies to operate a scanner that helps in the diagnosis and crucial treatment, doctors said.
The main cancer hospital...