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President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s Presidential policy manifesto will be launched at the Taj Samudra Hotel, Colombo today. The event will take place at 9.30 am.The manifesto titled “Puluwan Sri Lanka” (A Capable Sri Lanka), is centered around the vision of leading the country out of bankruptcy and towards economic prosperity, with a gradual plan to transformSri Lanka into a developed nation. A senior government spokesperson stated that the primary goal of the “Puluwan Sri Lanka” policy statement is to build a better country for all segments of Sri Lankan society. The policy statement focuses on taking the next steps forward for…

The second gunman and the car driver wanted in connection with the recent killing of two persons including businessman Surendra Wasantha Perera, also known as ‘Club Wasantha’, have been arrested by the Panadura Police Divisional Crimes Detective Bureau at Pinwaththa in Panadura.The arrested suspects are reportedly aged 29 and 32 while they are residents of Nagoda and Ahugalla areas. Based on the information received by the Panadura SSP that the suspects were staying in the Pinwatta area of Panadura, a team of officers including a Chief Inspector had apprehended the suspects while they were at the Pinwatta bus stop.According to the…

The Sri Lankan Government and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have reached an agreement to amend the pay-as-you-earn (PAYE) tax, says President Ranil Wickremesinghe.Speaking at a presidential election rally in Eheliyagoda, he stated that proposals from both parties are to be considered and that the exact amounts will be notified soon.“Another issue is the pay-as-you-earn (PAYE) tax, which is a significant issue. The IMF and we (the government) have agreed that it needs to be amended. The preliminary decision has been taken. We have made one proposal, and the IMF has put forward another one. So, after discussing these two…

The name of Karunarathna Paranawithana of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) has been Gazetted by the Election Commission to fill the parliamentary seat which fell vacant by the resignation of Ratnapura District SJB MP Thalatha Athukorala.Paranawithana had previously served as Deputy Minister of Parliament Reforms and Mass Media and as the Deputy Minister of Skills Development and Vocational Training.Prior to that he served as Secretary to the Ministry of Mass Media before resigning to contest from the UNP-led alliance the UNFGG in the parliamentary polls in 2015.The Parliament on Friday (23) informed the Election Commission that a vacancy has been…

An injunction order has been issued preventing the expulsion of non-Cabinet Minister Ali Zahir Moulana from the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC).The injunction order was issued by the Colombo District Court today. The order has been issued against the Leader, Secretary and the High Command of the SLMC preventing the expulsion of MP Ali Zahir Moulana from the party.In October last year, SLMC Batticaloa District member Ali Zahir Moulana took oaths as a Member of Parliament following the disqualification of member and former Environment Minister Naseer Ahamed. Recently, MP Ali Zahir Moulana pledged his support for President Ranil Wickremesinghe in the upcoming…

The Executive Director of the Institute for Democratic Reforms and Electoral Studies (IRES) Manjula Gajanayake raised concerns about three candidates who have submitted nominations for the upcoming presidential election but remain unaccounted for.Gajanayake pointed out that 39 candidates have entered the presidential race, with one of them recently passing away. However, he also raised concern about no official replacement been named for the deceased candidate.“I see a weakness in not naming an official replacement for the candidate who passed away,” Gajanayake stated. “If the process was organized, there would have been a replacement. There should be a ‘Plan A’ and…

In a joint operation, the Sri Lanka Navy and Sri Lanka Police arrested a suspect in possession of 650 mobile phones suspected to have been smuggled into the country.The arrest took place at a roadblock in the Karamba area of Puttalam on August 27, 2024.The operation was carried out by naval personnel from SLNS Thambapanni in the Northwestern Naval Command, in collaboration with the Norochcholai Police. Acting on received information, the team conducted a search at the Karamba roadblock, where they discovered the mobile phones being transported in a cab.The suspect, a 52-year-old resident of Kekirawa, was taken into custody along…

The system of issuing passports by booking a time and date in advance has been suspended starting today.Minister of Public Security, Tiran Alles, announced that passports will now be issued based on the order of arrival.Minister Alles stated that the new system will allow for the issuance of 750 passports each day. This change comes in response to the large number of people who gathered in front of the Immigration Department yesterday morning, facing inconvenience due to restrictions on the issuance of passports.The Department of Immigration and Emigration explained that the restriction was necessary due to a limited supply of empty…

Russia said the West was playing with fire by considering allowing Ukraine to strike deep into Russia with Western missiles and cautioned the United States on Tuesday that World War Three would not be confined to Europe.Ukraine attacked Russia’s western Kursk region on Aug. 6 and has carved out a slice of territory in the biggest foreign attack on Russia since World War Two. President Vladimir Putin said there would be a worthy response from Russia to the attack.Sergei Lavrov, who has served as Putin’s foreign minister for more than 20 years, said that the West was seeking to escalate the Ukraine…