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The Election Commission has announced that the process for placing deposits for the Local Government Elections is scheduled to conclude at 12:00 noon today (19).The commission has stated that the handing over of deposit, which commenced on March 3, will not be extended under any circumstances.Deposits for the Local Government Elections were accepted at the District Secretariats, according to the Election Commission.Meanwhile, the deadline for the accepting of nominations for the Local Government Elections is set to conclude at 12:00 noon tomorrow (20).Nominations were first accepted on March 17, the Election Commission said.Following the nomination deadline, the Election Commission has…

Minister of Public Security, Ananda Wijepala, made a special statement in Parliament today (19) regarding former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Deshabandu Tennakoon, who surrendered to court this morning.The Minister confirmed that Tennakoon, who had been evading police for several days and was under significant national attention, has surrendered to the Matara Court.Minister Wijepala also informed Parliament that a team from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) had inspected Tennakoon’s residence in Hokandara yesterday (18). During the inspection, a total of 1,009 bottles of liquor, including 795 foreign liquor bottles and 214 wine bottles, were discovered.In addition, a pistol-type weapon, suspected to…

The former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Deshabandu Tennakoon, who appeared before the Matara Magistrate’s Court this morning, has been ordered remanded until tomorrow (20) by the court.Tennakoon had surrendered to the Matara Magistrate’s Court earlier today after evading arrest for nearly 20 days. The Matara Magistrate’s Court had previously ordered the arrest of eight police officers including former officers of the Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) and former IGP Deshabandu Tennakoon, and named them as suspects in the shooting incident that occurred in front of the W15 Hotel in the Pelena area of Weligama, Matara, on December 31, 2023.Following this, the…

Sri Lanka’s ODI captain Charith Asalanka and Test captain Dhananjaya de Silva have filed a petition in the Court of Appeal seeking a writ of certiorari to quash the decision of the Inland Revenue Department (IRD) to levy Withholding Tax on the players of the Sri Lanka national cricket team by considering them as employees of the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC).The petition was taken up today for the confirmation of facts before a bench comprising the Acting Chairman of the Appeals Court, Justice Mohamed Lafar Tahir and Justice K.P. Fernando.The court ordered that the petition be called on March 28…

Stuck in space no more, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams returned to Earth on Tuesday, hitching a different ride home to close out a saga that began with a bungled test flight more than nine months ago.Their SpaceX capsule parachuted into the Gulf of Mexico in the early evening, just hours after departing the International Space Station. Splashdown occurred off the coast of Tallahassee in the Florida Panhandle, bringing their unplanned odyssey to an end.Within an hour, the astronauts were out of their capsule, waving and smiling at the cameras while being hustled away in reclining stretchers for…

President Vladimir Putin has rejected an immediate and full ceasefire in Ukraine, agreeing only to halt attacks on energy infrastructure, following a call with US President Donald Trump.The Russian leader declined to sign up to the comprehensive month-long ceasefire that Trump’s team recently worked out with Ukrainians in Saudi Arabia.He said a comprehensive truce could only work if foreign military aid and intelligence sharing with Ukraine came to an end. Ukraine’s European allies have previously rejected such conditions.In the grinding three-year war, Russia has recently been taking back territory in its Kursk region that was occupied by a Ukrainian incursion…

In a celebration of International Women’s Day, Diva, the premier laundry brand from Hemas Consumer Brands, launched an online marketplace for ‘Diva Daathata Diriyak Women Entrepreneurs’, opening up the world to them. Diva Daathata Diriyak Entrepreneurial Skills Development Program has been empowering women entrepreneurs island wide and the “online marketplace” is a key initiative under this program. A special event was hosted to officially launch the online marketplace and to honour the remarkable journey and success of the Diva Daathata Diriyak Entrepreneurs who have now got the opportunity to expand their horizons through this online marketplace. The event not only highlighted the resilience, growth, and achievements of women entrepreneurs but elaborated the expansion of their businesses from regional to national and even to international levels.The Diva Daathata Diriyak Entrepreneurial Skills Development Programme has already transformed the…

Perera & Sons, (P&S), is a company that is deeply rooted in Sri Lanka’s corporate landscape and the company continues demonstrate its unwavering dedication to sustainability and community well-being through its Corporate Social Responsibility initiative, Manumehewara. The company’s latest initiative saw the donation of a state-of-the-art Reverse Osmosis (RO) plant to the Barampolacommunity in the Paduwasnuwara Western Divisional Secretariat. The initiative ensures access to clean, safe drinking water to almost 100 families. The RO Plant was ceremoniously opened on the 21st of February 2025. The event was graced by Avishka Perera, Director, Perera & Sons, a multitude of other representatives from Perera & Sons, Navy Officials, and…

The Hindu – The Adani Group is still keen to get Adani Green Energy’s $1-billion renewable energy power project in Sri Lanka back on its agenda, sources said. In February, the company had said it had decided to withdraw from the project, but it has maintained a foot in the door, as both sides are likely to come to an agreement on the tariffs to be charged, sources with knowledge of the ongoing developments said.Talks and negotiations on the tariffs are still on and a mutually-agreeable tariff rate will soon be settled on, said the sources. Around 7 cents per kWh…

US President Donald Trump says “many elements” of a peace agreement in Ukraine have been agreed with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, ahead of their much anticipated phone call.Trump posted on Truth Social that he will speak with Putin on Tuesday morning.He said that while there have been agreements, “much remains” to be worked upon.”Each week brings 2,500 soldier deaths, from both sides, and it must end NOW. I look very much forward to the call with President Putin,” Trump wrote.He earlier told reporters that “we’re going to see if we can work a peace agreement, a ceasefire and peace,…