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President Donald Trump ordered U.S. agencies yesterday to work closely with top adviser Elon Musk’s effort to shrink the federal workforce by identifying government employees who can be laid off and functions that can be eliminated entirely.Billionaire Musk stood next to Trump in the Oval Office at the White House before the order was signed, taking questions from reporters.Responding to a reporter, Elon Musk made a special statement regarding the possible usage of financial resources from USAID for political purposes by certain countries during their election campaigns.Musk expressed skepticism about the effectiveness of USAID’s efforts, particularly when it comes to…

US President Donald Trump suggested that Ukraine “may be Russian someday,” throwing into question the future independence of a sovereign country that, with Western backing, has defended itself against Moscow’s full-scale invasion for nearly three years.Trump discussed his administration’s effort to end the war in an interview with Fox News that aired Monday, ahead of a meeting tabled for this week between his vice president, JD Vance, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.“They (Ukraine) may make a deal, they may not make a deal. They may be Russian someday, or they may not be Russian someday,” Trump said. He stressed that he also wanted to…

The Legal Officers’ Association of the Attorney General’s Department claims that several statements being circulated relating to an advice made by the Attorney General dated 27 January 2025, are “factually incorrect and misleading”.Issuing a statement in this regard, the Legal Officers’ Association, the only trade union of the lawyers attached to the AG’s Department, highlighted that the relevant procedures and practices in the Attorney General’s Department have been strictly complied with in the matters related to the said advice.Furthermore, the association expressed its utmost confidence in the Attorney General, his decisions and in the officers involved in the relevant decision…

The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) announced that island-wide power interruptions will be implemented today (13) as well.Accordingly, one-hour power cuts will be implemented affecting the entire country today, according to the CEB.The power supply disruptions will take place in different zones, each experiencing a one hour outage, the CEB said, noting that the specified time period of the power interruptions will be announced later.Meanwhile, the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) has approved the Ceylon Electricity Board’s request for power interruptions today.Today’s power cut schedule can be obtained through the link below:

Appointment of a High-Level Task Force on Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) and Preparations for Sri Lanka’s Third Mutual Evaluation on AML/CFT FrameworkSri Lanka’s third Mutual Evaluation on the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) framework coordinated by the Asia Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG) is set to begin in the near future. During this upcoming Mutual Evaluation, Sri Lanka is required to demonstrate Technical Compliance with the 40 Recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force (the global policy setter on AML/CFT) and their effective implementation through 11 Immediate Outcomes.For effective implementation…

The Cabinet of Ministers has granted approval to make nearly 7,500 recruitments to several government institutions based on the recommendations of the committee appointed to review recruitment process of the government service and management of the staff.Accordingly, the number of vacancies in each Ministries, Provincial Councils and Commissions are as below;Ministry of Public Administration, Provincial Councils and Local Government – 3,000 vacanciesMinistry of Defence – 09 vacanciesMinistry of Science and Technology – 179 vacanciesMinistry of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education – 400 vacanciesMinistry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development – 132 vacanciesMinistry of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation…

Sri Lanka Police say that 13 shooting incidents have been reported during the period elapsed so far this year.Speaking at a press conference held today (11), Police Media Spokesperson SSP Buddhika Manathunga stated that 07 of these incidents were carried out by organized crime groups.He further mentioned that the remaining 06 incidents resulted from personal disputes over various issues.The Police Media Spokesperson also revealed that 09 people have been killed in shootings linked to organized criminals, and two suspects have been arrested.Additionally, 25 individuals have been arrested in connection with these incidents, and the police have seized three T-56 firearms…

Work is nearing completion on a major lighting system upgrade at R. Premadasa International Cricket Stadium in Colombo, one of Sri Lanka’s most iconic international cricket venues. The outdated lighting system is being replaced with a state-of-the-art LED lighting tower system, making it the second international cricket stadium in the country to feature six LED lighting towers. The Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium was the first in Sri Lanka to introduce this advanced lighting system. The ongoing installation work at R. Premadasa Stadium has temporarily halted matches for several months, but authorities confirm that fixtures will resume once the modernization is complete.Due to…

The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) announced that no power cuts will be imposed tomorrow (12).However, the CEB confirmed today that no power cuts will take place tomorrow as it is possible to meet the Poya Day lower demand with the available generation capacity.The CEB decided to implement island-wide power cuts on Monday (10) and Tuesday (11), as a result of an issue which arose at the Norochcholai Coal Power Plant, where the automatic protocol system has disconnected all three generators. Accordingly, one-and-a-half-hour outages will occur between 3.30 p.m. and 9.30 p.m. today affecting the entire island to manage the electricity demand…

Sri Lanka Police has taken measures to establish a Central Crimes Investigation Bureau (CCIB) with DIG Nihal Thalduwa as the Range DIG and SSP Shani Abeysekera as its Director.The new range has been established in order to increase the efficiency of the investigation of cases under the Criminal Investigation Department (CID).Furthermore, the CCIB will also be operational to expeditiously investigate financial crimes, misuse of state funds, state property and other fraudulent acts that have occurred in the past, Police Media Spokesman SSP Buddhika Manathunga noted.