The connection between two directions of the newly constructed elevated highway bridge, linking Harbour City End and the New Kelani Bridge, was officially completed yesterday under the patronage of Highway Minister Bandula Gunawardana. The construction of the bridge is carried out by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation. Pic by Pradeep Pathirana.
Three opposition MPs Patali Champika Ranawaka, Rauff Hakeem and M. A. Sumanthiran who had filed petitions with Supreme Court yesterday said they have received information that payments have been credited to accounts held by certain persons in foreign banks.
The President Media Division, the official portal to announce the President’s decisions, activities and news updates would violate the election law and abuse state resources if the former announces President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s public campaigns in the run-up to the poll, the Election Commission and polls monitoring bodies said.
The most venerable Mahanayaka Theras of the four chapters in a letter addressed to President Ranil Wickremesinghe had expressed displeasure over the move to decriminalize homosexuality through a private members Bill.
Heated arguments erupted in Parliament yesterday after State Minister Shehan Semasinghe brought in a privilege issue claiming that the report presented recently by COPF Chairman MP Harsha de Silva regarding outsourcing visa issuance was false and erroneous.
The lawyer who filed a Fundamental Rights petition against the holding of the Presidential election yesterday paid the Rs. 500,000 legal costs before the Supreme Court, as per the order made by the Court after dismissing his petition.
Sri Lanka Customs have started receiving a series of complaints against various instances of corruption in handling and releasing cargo, to its Internal Affairs Unit, as the latter found four top officials guilty of major fraud recently, the Daily Mirror learns.
A special ballot paper called ‘tactile ballot paper’ would be introduced for the benefit of the visually-impaired voters in the upcoming Presidential election for the first time, Chairman of the Elections Commission Saman Sri Rathnayake has informed a Parliamentary Committee.
Five errant businessmen in Pettah who are engaged in smuggling foreign shoes into the country are out to destroy the local shoe industry, the Sri Lanka Shoes and Leather Products Manufacturers’ Association alleged yesterday.
The Kataragama Esala Festival, which lasted for 16 days, concluded after the final Randoli procession on Sunday night (21), followed by the water-cutting ceremony at Jeewamali ferry on Menik Ganga in the early hours of the following morning.
Former Parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra, who was sentenced to a three-year jail term in connection with an abduction case in 2015, was granted bail yesterday by the Colombo High Court, pending the determination of her appeal against the conviction and sentence.
Director General of the Elections Commission Saman Sri Ratnayake said the politicians holding Dansalas and distributing dry ration and other consumer goods had reduced the voters to the position of consumers. Addressing a seminar for government officers, representatives of election monitoring organizations and the media personnel in the Southern Province to create awareness on Act No.3 of 2023 to regulate the election expenses, he pointed out
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday assured the safety of Sri Lankan students studying in Bangladesh. A ministry spokesman confirmed that the students residing in university hostels are secure amidst the unrest triggered by protests over the government job quota in Bangladesh. Furthermore, the spokesman informed that nine students have returned to Sri Lanka following the escalation of tensions. The High Commissioner of Sri Lanka in Bangla
Despite repeated offers of cash rewards by the police to encourage the public to report illegal firearms used by organized criminal gangs, there is significant reluctance among citizens to come forward, fearing reprisals from the underworld, Daily Mirror learns. Public Security Minister Tiran Alles said that illegal weapons are entering the country from external sources, exacerbated by firearms that proliferated following the conclusion of the
Investigations revealed that a 41 year old suspect, a resident of Dodamwala in Kandy. arrested by the Police Anti-Narcotics Bureau in Kandy for having in his possession 10.200 grams of ICE, was an HIV infected patient. He told police that he was arrested earlier in connection with a similar offence by Kegalle police. A senior official of the Anti-Narcotic Bureau responsible for the arrest s
The commissioning of 25 Midshipmen of the 36th and 37th intakes (Technical) of General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University was held at the Naval and Maritime Academy (NMA), Trincomalee on July 18. At the invitation of Commandant NMA, Commodore Rohan Joseph, the ceremony was graced by Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Priyantha Perera, as the Chief Guest. The Guest of Honour of the occasion was Brigadier Michael Rosette, Chief of Defence Forc
President Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday hinted on a move to convert the Sapugaskanda refinery premises into an economic zone. “This land would be vacant when we construct a large refinery in Trincomalee. We can then use this land to set up an economic zone,” The President told a rally in Kadawatha. “Gampaha was an under developed area when I first became an MP in the district. People were engaged in sack making and produ
The open school programme, led by the National Institute of Education with technical and financial support from the Korean UNESCO Institute, is implemented in many vocational training institutions under the Department of Social Services. This programme enhances literacy and mathematical skills for children with special needs. Recently, it was digitized to develop digital literacy and mathematical skills for children at the Gampaha Amunukumbura Vo
Public Security Minister Tiran Alles said that no punitive action will be taken against senior police officers, including Western Province (South) Deputy Inspector General of Police Gayantha Marapana, for their interrogation of a tattoo studio owner in the presence of the media.
Minister of Transport and Mass Media Bandula Gunawardana said he would strongly protest against the foreign liquor shop opened recently at Pitipana in Homagama town and that he was prepared to forego his position as a minister and a parliamentarian if the liquor shop was not closed within a week.
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