Opposition and SJB leader Sajith Premadasa, in Parliament, yesterday, asked the government to explain why it had opted to file a case seeking damages from the X-Press Pearl’s owners and operators, in Singapore, which is signatory to an international...
USD 160 mn to be obtained from Chinese banks
Lower Malwathu Oya multi sector development project hasn’t made progress whatsoever during the past decade, according to a statement issued by Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena’s Office yesterday.
The statement quoted Anuradhapura District...
SJB MP Dr. Harsha de Silva yesterday warned that Sri Lanka’s annual trade concession worth over $500 million to the European Union (EU) through the Generalized System of Preferences Plus (GSP+) would be in jeopardy due to human rights...
A jury in a civil case has found former President Donald Trump sexually abused a magazine columnist in a New York department store in the 1990s.
But Trump was found not liable for raping E Jean Carroll in the dressing...
During a search operation carried out by SLNS Welusumana in the Northern Naval Command on Monday morning, 03 sacks of Kerala cannabis were recovered from shrubs near South beach area of Mandaitivu Island, Jaffna.
The sacks contained 22 packages stuffed...
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...