Level 1 and 2 landslide warnings have been issued for 9 districts.
The National Building Research Organization (NBRO) says that the warnings are in effect for the Badulla, Galle, Kalutara, Kandy, Kegalle, Matale, Matara, Nuwara Eliya and Ratnapura districts.
Level 2 landslide warnings are in effect for the Badulla, Kandy, Matale and Nuwara Eliya districts.
Colombo High Court Judge Mr. Adithya Patabandige sentenced Ven. Galagodaatte Gnanasara Thero to four years of hard labor and a fine of one hundred thousand rupees. He was found guilty of both charges in a case brought against Gnanasara Thero by the Attorney General. The case was related to causing national and religious disharmony by…
During an official visit to China from March 25 to 30, 2024, at the invitation of H.E. Li Qiang, Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China, Hon. Dinesh Gunawardena, Prime Minister of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, participated in the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference. Throughout the visit,…
The newly appointed Inspector General of Police, Mr. T. M. W. Deshabandu Tennakoon met with President Ranil Wickremesinghe at the Presidential Secretariat this morning (29). Upon assuming the duty as the 36th Inspector General of Police in Sri Lanka, Mr. Deshabandu Tennakoon met with the President. President Ranil Wickremesinghe extended his felicitations to the new…
Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Parliamentarian Eran Wickramaratne has resigned from his position as a member of the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE). Speaking at a press conference yesterday morning (18), Wickramaratne stated that he has handed over the resignation letter to the Speaker of the Parliament. In his resignation letter, the SJB MP mentions that…
Diplomatic missions that took a keen interest in the outcome of the presidential election have lost no time in reaching out to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake after his victory. Prior to the election it appeared that former president Ranil Wickemesinghe was the favourite of the Western bloc of countries. T hey made frequent public statements…
A significant 22% of Free Trade Zone workers did not cast their votes in the recent Presidential Election, according to the Free Trade Zone Workers’ Solidarity. This alarming figure has raised concerns that even more workers may abstain from voting in the upcoming Parliamentary Election if current barriers remain unaddressed. Sugath Rajapaksha, the coordinator of…
