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A new chairman and commission members have been appointed to the National Transport Commission (NTC).Cabinet Spokesman Minister Vijitha Herath stated that the Cabinet of Ministers has granted approval to these appointments yesterday (21).Accordingly, Dr. Bandura Dileepa Witharana has been appointed as the Chairman of the National Transport Commission. He is a Senior Lecturer at the Open University of Sri Lanka.The other members appointed to the commission include: • W. Ravi Prasad De Mel – Senior Lecturer at University of Sri Jayawardenapura • Mrs. Dr. Namali Tharanga Sirisoma – Senior Lecturer at Sir John Kotelawala Defence University • A.I.U. Perera – Commissioner of Inland…

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has instructed the Provincial Governors to prepare and submit a new proposal aimed at rationalizing the Provincial Council mechanism.The President also stated that, given the current government’s transitional period, the provincial councils must strive to deliver the best possible services to improve the living conditions of the people.President Dissanayake made these remarks during a discussion held with the Governors this morning (22) at the Presidential Secretariat.He urged the Governors to engage in all possible economic and social initiatives to improve the living conditions of the public, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said.During the meeting, the President…

The Cabinet of Ministers has granted approval to declare the Colombo Port’s Eastern Container Terminal (ECT) Project as a “special project.” This decision follows a proposal presented by the Minister of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation, Vijitha Herath.Approval had been granted at the cabinet meeting held on 01-02-2021 to develop the Eastern Container Terminal of the Colombo South Development Project in stages by the Sri Lanka Ports Authority and to implement it as a container terminal with the full ownership of the Sri Lanka Ports Authority. The contract for civil work has already been awarded, and the construction is being proceeded,…

Former Minister Johnston Fernando’s attorneys have informed the Court of Appeal that he will appear before the CID tomorrow to provide a statement regarding the unregistered luxury car allegedly belonging to him, which was found parked at a star-class hotel in Colombo.A petition filed by former MP Johnston Fernando seeking an order to prevent his arrest over the incident was taken up for consideration today (22).During this, his attorneys informed the court that Fernando is prepared to appear before the Criminal Investigation Department tomorrow to provide a statement regarding the incident.The court subsequently ordered the petition to be called again…

The government does not accept the investigative committee report on the Easter Sunday bomb attacks, which was released by former MP Udaya Gammanpila yesterday (21), Cabinet Spokesman Minister Vijitha Herath said. However, he stated that the government will conduct a new investigation into the incidents. He revealed this stance while speaking during the Cabinet press briefing in Colombo today (22).

The Department of Immigration and Emigration commenced issuing the newly imported ‘P’ series passports today packed with novel security features and refined look. The department had managed to issue about 1,100 new machine-readable passports under the one day service since this morning, with its new navy blue colour cover of the ‘P’ series travel document, in lieu of the exhausting stocks of the previous ‘N’ series normal passports with its maroon colour cover.

A total of 21,160 postal voting applications have been rejected out of the total applications submitted for 2024 General Election, according to the Election Commission.The chairman of the Election Commision, R.M.A.L. Rathnayake stated that a total of 759,210 postal voting applications were received for the upcoming general election.”The process of accepting postal voting applications has now been completed. Out of the 759,210 applications submitted, 738,050 have been accepted. This marks an increase of 25,731 postal votes compared to the recent presidential election,” Rathnayake explained.He further mentioned that the delivery of ballot papers for postal voting will begin on October 23.…

Actress Damitha Abeyratne announced her departure from Sri Lanka’s main opposition party, Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB), and revealed she has joined the newly-formed Democratic National Alliance.Abeyratne’s decision to leave the SJB comes after she was excluded from the Ratnapura district candidate list.

The post-mortem examinations have been conducted today (21) with regard to the three bodies found inside a two-storey house which was on fire in the Sinhapura area in Chilaw yesterday.Accordingly, the autopsies have revealed that the deceased woman and her daughter had been murdered by slitting their throats before their bodies were set on fire.The Chilaw District General Hospital’s Judicial Medical Officer (JMO) carried out the post-mortem examination on the bodies of the woman and her daughter this afternoon at the hospital’s mortuary.The deceased are identified as Shaminidulage Gedara Senaratne (51), his wife Muhandiramlage Manjula Niroshani Bandara (44) and their…

The National Water Supply and Drainage Board says that the water supply to several areas in the Western Province will be under low pressure due to a sudden breakdown in the transmission pipeline to the Church Hill Reservoir.Accordingly, the water supply will be under low pressure in the following areas: Urban Council Areas:Wattala, Mabola, Ja-Ela, Katunayak-SeeduwaPradeshiya Sabha Areas:Wattala, Biyagama, Mahara, Dompe, Ja-Ela, Katana and MinuwangodaMeanwhile, the Water Board said that high elevated areas may experience supply interruptions.It further said that repair work is in progress and that the expected restore time is 12.00 noon tomorrow (22). The people living in the aforementioned…