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Today marks the 116th birthday of Sri Lanka’s first Executive President J. R. Jayewardene, who also served as the country’s first Finance Minister and Minister of State.J. R. Jayewardene was the oldest of the eleven children born to former judge and state attorney E. W. Jayewardene and Helena Agnes Wijewardene on September 17, 1906, at the Sedawatta Walawwa in Colombo. J. R. Jayewardene worked as a lawyer.Through his participation in the 1943 Kelaniya by-election, he was elected to the State Council. He was sworn in as the first Minister of Finance for seven years beginning in 1947 after winning the…

The American Ambassador to Sri Lanka says that the United States of America will provide an additional estimated 65 million dollars in aid to Sri Lanka through the USAID organization over a period of 5 years.It is stated that the assistance is offered under the Development Objectives Assistance Agreement (DOAG) signed by the Secretary of the Ministry of Finance, Economic Stabilization and National Policy, Mahinda Siriwardena, by the Director of USAID Missions in Sri Lanka and the Maldives, Gabriel Grau.The invitation is in addition to the more than US$60 million in new humanitarian and fertilizer aid announced last week, it…

It should be made clear to everyone who thinks the Sun is yellow that this is untrue. This cosmic reality was proven on Tuesday by former NASA astronaut Scott Kelly.The Sun is actually white; the dwarf star appears yellow most of the time because of an oddity in the physics of light that makes the Sun look yellow most of the time. In essence, the sun is a combination of all hues that, to our eyes, appear white. This is only apparent in pictures taken from orbit, though.The sun seems yellow because of our surroundings. However, once the Sun is…

According to Zimbabwe, there is insufficient justification for a report on Sri Lanka’s human rights status to be submitted to the International Human Rights Council.Stuart Harold Comberbach, Zimbabwe’s Permanent Representative in Geneva, stated that his country will stand with Sri Lanka and reject any Council action against it.According to him, the resolution against Sri Lanka was not created with the wishes of the nation in mind and does not support the Council’s function in advancing and defending human rights. The ambassador of Zimbabwe said that the conflict that has plagued Sri Lanka for more than 30 years is over. He…

The Sri Lankan squad for the upcoming Twenty20 World Cup cricket tournament has been announced today (16) by the Sri Lanka Cricket Institute.The squad led by Dasun Shanaka includes 15 players and the selection committee has taken steps to nominate 5 three-sided players as well.Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis, Charith Asanka, Dhanushka Gunathilake, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, and captain Dasun Shanaka have been included in the squad as batsmen, and Vanidu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, and Dhananjaya de Silva have been named in the squad as all-rounders.Dushmantha Chamira and Lahiru Kumara, who did not play in the Asia Cup due to injuries, as well…

The Fort Magistrate has today (16) issued a notice to former President Maithripala Sirisena to appear in court on October 14.This order has been issued after considering a petition filed today (16) holding the former president accountable under the charge of not preventing the Easter attack.

Yesterday night (15th) the intercity train coming from Kankasanthurai derailed near colpetty.Due to this, the railway department states that only the trains going to Beliatta at 06.50 am and the train going to Beliatta at 08.30 am are scheduled to run on the coastal route from Colombo Fort this morning (16).Even though the train running from the coastal route to Colombo Fort is running, it is running with a slight delay and several morning train journeys have been canceled so far.

Over 2 million rupees have been earned yesterday (15) by selling tickets to visit the Lotus Tower, the tallest building in South Asia, which was opened to the public.Accordingly, Lotus Tower Private Company stated that the revenue on the first day was 2,100,000.The company further stated that a group of 2612 people have come to visit the Lotus Tower yesterday and 21 foreigners are among them.The opportunity to visit the Lotus Tower has been given on weekdays from 2 pm to 11:00 pm and on weekends from 12:00 pm to 12:00 pm.

The unloading of 37,000 metric tons of octane 92 petrol and 100,000 metric tons of crude oil has started today (16).Also, the unloading of 40,000 metric tons of diesel, which started unloading two days ago, is scheduled to be completed tomorrow (17).Electricity and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera further stated that the related payments for another 40,000 metric tons of diesel stock will be released after making the payments.

The Department of Immigration and Emigration says that although Monday (19) has been declared a public holiday, the work of issuing passports will be carried out.They further state that passports will be issued for Monday only to those who have already booked appointments.