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Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe today said that while there were three finance committees, he proposed to appoint two more and 10 new supervisory committees and in each of these 15 committees, he proposed to appoint four youth representatives.
A Fundamental Rights petition filed challenging former President Maithripala Sirisena’s decision to grant Presidential Pardon to Royal Park murder convict Don. Shamantha Jude Anthony Jayamaha was fixed for September 23 by the Supreme Court.
Former Maldives President Mohammed Nasheed who is presently in Sri Lanka, said former prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa had not sought a safe haven in the Maldives and he had not met Rajapaksa during his current visit in the country.
Chairperson of Sri Lanka Tourism, Kimarli Fernando tendered her resignation to Tourism Minister Harin Fernando today, claiming that she could not meet the Minister to review progress and discuss matters related to the Tourism Industry.
The Maldives Journal has learned that the speaker of the Maldivian Parliament, President Mohamed Nasheed is presently brokering safe passage for beleaguered former Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapaksa, and his family.
The Attorney General has instructed the IGP to transfer Western Province Senior DIG Deshabandu Tennanakoon with immediate effect to prevent unnecessary intervention into the investigations relating to the attack on peaceful protesters at Temple Trees and Galle Face on May 9.
Newly appointed Cabinet Ministers Harin Fernando and Manusha Nanayakkara asserted that they will push President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to step down.
Former Maldives President and Speaker of Parliament, Mohammed Nasheed as been appointed by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to coordinate the relief efforts for Sri Lanka, globally after discussions were held between Nasheed and Wickremesinghe in Colombo today.
The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation Trade Unions today denied reports which claimed that fuel was sold at a subsidized rate of Rs.121 per liter to MPs and VIPs and said if any MP needed to fill their vehicle tanks, they would have to stay in the queue.
Former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa’s office, today rejected social media reports claiming that Rajapaksa was flown in for the parliamentary sessions on Wednesday, saying Rajapaksa travelled by road and not by chopper.
The unloading of gas from the vessel that has arrived at the Colombo Port has been disrupted due to the cyclonic weather and although initially authorities were planning to distribute 80,000 gas cylinders per day, only 8,000 cylinders will now be distributed, officials said.
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has cut down the expenditures at the Prime Minister’s Office from the monthly average of Rs.120 million to Rs.60 million owing to the ongoing economic crisis, officials from the Prime Minister’s Office said.
The Fundamental Rights petition filed challenging the decision of the Cabinet of Ministers to allow former President Maithripala Sirisena to use of the residence at Paget Road was today fixed for June 29 by Supreme Court.
Expressing that it would take at least three days to resume supplying petrol, Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekara today requested people not to queue up for petrol in the next two days.
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, on Monday said the next couple of months will be the most difficult ones in the lives of all citizens and the country must prepare to make some sacrifices and face the challenges of this period.
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe today said that he will provide a full explanation of the financial crisis faced by the country tomorrow and the measures being taken to purchase the essential supplies.
SLFP Leader Maithripala Sirisena has written to Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe today saying the SLFP will support forming a new government with Wickremesinghe, senior sources said.
The Defence Ministry said today that the Indian media reports on planned attack by the LTTE on May 18 will be duly investigated.
Four cabinet ministers were sworn in today by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in the new government-appointed under Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has invited the Samagi Jana Balawegaya(SJB) to join hands with the new government to resolve burning issues, leaving aside party politics.
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