- Sri Lanka skipper reprimanded for ICC Code of Conduct breach
- British woman arrested at BIA with 46kg of Kush cannabis
- Virat Kohli retires from Test cricket
- Suspected causes behind tragic Gerandi Ella bus accident revealed
- 20 injured in bus crash at Aladeniya
- Four arrested at BIA with foreign cigarettes worth Rs. 60mn
- CEB Chairman Tilak Siyambalapitiya resigns
- Special open visits allowed for prison inmates for Vesak
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The organizers have worked to remove the library and the school from the Galleface protest site.Today (05) before 5.00 pm, the police informed to remove the unauthorized constructions on the protest site and accordingly they have removed this.Meanwhile, issuing an announcement, the Gotagogama People’s Library group states that the ‘Gotagogama’ People’s Library will be renamed as the ‘People’s Library of Struggle’.
Lanka Sathosa has appointed Mr. Pasada Yapa Abeywardena, former member of the Southern Province Provincial Council, as the new chairman.Pasada Yapa Abeywardena is also the son of former Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena.Mr. Vijitha Wijemanna, who served as Sathosa Chairman until now, resigned yesterday.
The price of a barrel of crude oil in the world crude oil market went down further today (05) compared to the previous day.Accordingly, this morning (05), the price of a barrel of WTI crude oil was recorded as 89.12 US dollars and the price of a barrel of Brent crude oil was recorded as 94.53 US dollars.
A person has died and 13 others have been injured in an accident that occurred when a bus overturned on a cliff in Poodaluoya area of Kotmale.It is reported that 14 people were traveling in the bus when the accident happened.Due to the bad weather, the bus slipped off the road and fell down a cliff of about 80 feet.It is reported that the person who died in the accident is a 56-year-old resident of Nawakadora area.
Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) support has been requested, according to sources in the Industries Ministry. According to Ministry sources, “SME industrialists have sought to be given money to open LC’s, support to import raw materials, tax discounts and lending facilities.”Similarly, Industries Minister Dr. Ramesh Pathirana has provided a resolution for awarding tax reductions on imports by local garment manufacturing equipment or appliances, according to Cabinet Spokesman for the Media Minister Dr. Bandula Gunawardane, who spoke to media on Tuesday (3).At the weekly Cabinet media conference, Minister Gunawardane addressed the press and said that, despite the COVID-19 epidemic, the clothing…
Between May 31 and July 31, 22 gunshots resulted in the deaths of 20 people in the last 60 days. With the shootings, 22 incidents—including 8 fatalities—have occurred exclusively in the Colombo District.Only in Western Province have 14 deaths occurred throughout this 60-day cycle, including 8 in Colombo, 4 in Gampaha, and 2 in Kalutara.In the Southern Province, there have been six fatalities, with five occurring in the Galle area and one in the Hambantota district.According to a police profile, criminal gang members living in India, France, and Dubai organised these killings.The majority of the shooting occurrences are still under…
Day before yesterday (03) no Covid deaths were reported, yesterday (04) only 146 people were reported infected with Corona. All of them are locally identified infected.With that, the total number of infected people reported in Sri Lanka rises to 666,232 and the total number of corona deaths rises to 16,565.
President Ranil Wickramasinghe says that the interim budget will be presented to Parliament in the first week of September.Accordingly, the President says that he hopes to provide relief to the people.Sri Lanka Freedom Party and Members of Parliament Professor G. The Presidential Media Division stated that the President mentioned this in the discussion held at the Presidential Office this afternoon (04) with El Peiris, Dallas Alahapperuma and other team.Below is the notification issued in this regard,
The Department of Meteorology says that it is expected that the heavy rains in the south-western part of the island will gradually decrease from today.The department says that there will be occasional rains in Western, Sabaragamuwa and Central provinces and in Galle and Matara districts.Also, some places in Sabaragamuwa province, Kandy, Nuwara Eliya, Galle and Matara districts may experience heavy rain of more than 50 mm.In the North, North Central and North Western Provinces, there may be several periods of rain and in the western slopes of the Central Hills and in the North, North Central and North Western Provinces,…
Several private bus associations have stopped running buses since midnight yesterday (04).Anjana Priyanjith, General Secretary of All Ceylon Private Bus Companies Association, stated that they have started this strike protesting that the fuel quota provided through the QR code system is insufficient.He further stated that the reduction of bus fares from midnight yesterday was a decision taken by the transport authorities based on a single opinion without any discussion with the bus unions.