‘The act to regulate expenditure incurred by candidates at elections conducted
under the local authorities elections ordinance, The provincial councils
Elections Act, The Parliamentary Elections Act and the Presidential
Elections Act ‘ drawn up by the Election Commission of Sri Lanka has
been...
GL educates EC on election laws
SLPP rebel to vote against Budget
BY Shamindra Ferdinando
Accusing President Ranil Wickremesinghe and Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena of conspiring to put off scheduled Local Government polls indefinitely, Prof. G.L. Peiris has asked whether the Election Commission...
Excellent bowling by Shanuka Dassanayake, Ishara Amarasinghe and Mewan Porage helped the past cricketers of Nalanda College Colombo beat the past cricketers of Mahinda College Galle to clinch the Sir Henry Steele Olcott Memorial Trophy for the first time...
Tuesday 22nd November, 2022
Former Prime Minister of Malaysia Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, 97, has suffered an ignominious electoral defeat, the first in 53 years. He has lost not only his parliamentary seat in the Langkawi island constituency but also his...
“I have Cholesterol” is a common complaint, often causing unwarranted stress and anxiety, particularly among young patients.
When a patient begins the consultation with “I have Cholesterol”, my mind immediately goes back several decades in time to our prep school...
Minister of Plantation Industries
By Hiran H.Senewiratne
Sri Lanka’s post-harvest losses in the agriculture sector amount to more than Rs 55 billion, which issue needs to be addressed as soon as possible, Minister of Plantation Industries Dr. Ramesh Pathirana said.
“Since the...
Uva Province Open Badminton Championship
Lochana de Silva and Nadeesha Gayathri clinched triple crowns at the Uva Province Open All Island Badminton Championship conducted by the Uva Provincial Badminton Association under the auspices of the Sri Lanka Badminton on Sunday.
At...
by Rathindra Kuruwita
A number of female teachers across the country reported for duty yesterday (21), wearing clothes other than the sari.
A number of teachers said that they had done so as the prices of saris had increased.
Given the current...
By Norman Palihawadane
The CID took into custody a woman wanted in connection with the human trafficking ring involved in the alleged sex slavery racket of Sri Lankan women in Oman.
Police headquarters sources said that the CID had issued summons to the...
By Shamindra Ferdinando
General Secretary of the Democratic Left Front (DLF) Vasudeva Nanayakkara, MP, yesterday (20) said that the UNP had sold the urea plant at Sapugaskanda to a foreign buyer who set it up in an Arab country.Having brought...