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Former State Minister Lohan Ratwatte and his wife Shashi Prabha Ratwatte have been granted bail today (05) by the Nugegoda Magistrate’s Court.Accordingly, the court set a cash bail of Rs. 25,000 for each individual, along with two personal bonds of Rs. 1 million each.Additionally, the police confirmed that the court has issued an overseas travel ban on Lohan Ratwatte.Lohan Ratwatte and his wife were arrested over the charges of using a luxury car illegally imported and assembled in Sri Lanka, while they had previously been remanded in custody until December 06 by the Nugegoda Magistrate’s Court.Police had found the luxury…

The Colombo District Court today (05) ordered that the petition seeking an injunction to suspend the activities of the Secretary General of the National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka, Maxwell De Silva, be recalled on December 18.The petition was filed by the former Secretary of the Cycling Federation of Sri Lanka, Nalin Adhikariarchchige, and the President of the Handball Federation of Sri Lanka (HFSL), Upali Rajapaksa.When the case was taken up today, legal representatives for some of the respondents requested additional time to submit objections.Granting their request, the court ordered the case to be taken up again on December 18…

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Administrative Secretary Renuka Perera has been arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for allegedly posting false information on ‘Mahaviru’ commemorations in the North through social media, police said.

Based on information provided by Army Intelligence, the Police Special Task Force (STF) arrested a suspect on 03 December 2024 at the Suriyawewa Bus Station in Kantale.The suspect was caught attempting to illegally sell an elephant pearl valued at Rs. 4.1 million and a Suleiman stone.

The Litro Gas Company says that the prices of its domestic LP Gas cylinders will remain unchanged for the month of December 2024.The Chairman of the Litro Gas Company, Channa Gunawardena stated that the company decided to keep the prices of LP gas cylinders unchanged despite the price hike in the global market, in order to provide relief to the consumers.Accordingly, the prices of Litro LP gas domestic gas cylinders will remain unchanged as follows: 12.5kg – Rs. 3,69005kg – Rs. 1,4822.3kg – Rs. 694No LP gas price revision took place last month as well, and the most recent price revision…

As per the provisional data released by the Sri Lanka Customs, the merchandise export performance in October 2024 amounted to US$ 1,097.1 million, recorded an increase of 18.22 % compared to the month of October 2023. This was mainly due to the increase in earnings from export of Apparel & Textiles, Tea, Rubber based products, Coconut based products and Spices & Concentrates.Furthermore, export performance in October 2024 increased by 8.44 % compared to September 2024.The estimated value of services exports for the month of October 2024 was US$ 323.17 Million, increasing 19.75 % over the corresponding period of 2023.Consequently, total…

The Cabinet of Ministers has approved a proposal to conduct a study on vehicles used in all government institutions and systematically dispose of super luxury vehicles that incur high maintenance and fuel costs in government institutions by selling them in order to reduce government spending.The approval has been granted to the proposal submitted by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to assess and streamline the government vehicle fleet, focusing on those with higher engine capacities, which contribute to rising maintenance expenses.As part of this decision, the President has called for a formal study of the vehicles available in all government institutions and…

The Cabinet Spokesman, Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa stated that the report of the committee headed by former Supreme Court Justice K.T. Chitrasiri, which was appointed to review the allowances, perks and privileges provided to Members of Parliament, Ministers and former Presidents, is currently being studied.The Cabinet Spokesman, Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa communicated this during the Cabinet press briefing held today (03). “After the president was elected, a committee was appointed to investigate the privileges of the Ministers which was headed by the former Supreme Court Justice K.T. Chitrasiri .Their report was handed over to the President yesterday. Its recommendations are currently…

Apple has been accused in a new lawsuit of illegally monitoring its workers’ personal devices and iCloud accounts while also barring them from discussing their pay and working conditions.The complaint filed in California state court on Sunday by Amar Bhakta, who works in digital advertising for Apple, claims the company requires employees to install software on personal devices that they use for work allowing Apple to access their email, photo libraries, health and “smart home” data and other personal information.At the same time, the lawsuit alleges, Apple imposes confidentiality policies that prohibit employees from discussing working conditions, including with the…

The Government of Sri Lanka has decided to appoint a ministerial committee led by Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya to provide sustainable solutions to the issues pertaining to the recruitment of school development officers for the teaching service.The Cabinet Spokesman, Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa communicated this during the Cabinet press briefing held today (03). Currently, more than 15,800 development officers are engaged in teaching in both national and provincial schools. Accordingly, a ministerial committee chaired by the Prime Minister will be appointed to identify various problems that have arisen in relation to the performance of the development officers as well as the…