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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…

A petition has been filed with the Supreme Court challenging the decision to hold the General Election on November 14, seeking an order declaring that the decision violates the Constitution.The relevant petition has been filed by the civil society activist and convenor of the “Api Sri Lanka” national organization” H.M Priyantha Herath.The Attorney General, the Secretary to the President, the Chairman of the Election Commission and its members have been named as respondents in the petition.The petitioner has claimed that as per Section 10 of the Parliamentary Elections Act, the period for accepting nominations was declared from October 4 to…

The overall rate of inflation, as measured by the National Consumer Price Index (NCPI), has decreased to -0.2% in September 2024 from 1.1% in August 2024, according to the latest data released by the Department of Census and Statistics. Meanwhile, food inflation also decreased to 0.5% in September, down from 2.3% in August.The NCPI for all items for the month of September 2024 is 203.1 and it records a decrease of 1.0 in index points compared to August 2024.The NCPI for all items for the months of September 2024 is 203.1. A decrease of 1.0 index points or 0.48 percentage compared…