Jayantha Ketagoda was recently sworn in as a Member of parliament before Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena. Parliamentary Business commenced at 10.00 am and Mr. Jayantha Ketagoda was sworn in as the first Speaker of the House. Jayantha Ketagoda was sworn… Read More
Health officials in the North say that opening a bar with the Corona risk in the North at the time when the quarantine curfew has been imposed could put another bunch of people at risk of infecting with corona.… Read More
The Marine Environmental Protection Authority (MEPA) says it needs to make sure there is still fuel onboard to evacuate the wrecked Express Pearl ship. The chairperson of the authority, Attorney-at-Law Dharshani Lahandapura, said that if there was any fuel, the… Read More
Thushan Gunawardena, Executive Director of the Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) says that two ministers are upset and are planning to remove him from his posts due to the action taken against the CWE for fraud and corruption. He said that… Read More
France has decided to cancel a meeting of defense ministers scheduled to be held between France and the United Kingdom. This is in protest of the new security agreement recently signed between the United States, the United Kingdom and… Read More
China’s media report that China is successfully achieving its anti-covid vaccination target. 1.1 billion or 78% of the country’s total population has already been vaccinated. The total number of vaccines administered in the country so far is 2.17 billion. Authorities… Read More
A group of prisoners at Welikada Prison have climbed on the roof of the prison and started a fast. Ten prisoners who have been sentenced to death have started a fast. They demand that their prison sentences be commuted.
Mrs Sri Lanka Pushpika de Silva has denied allegations that she went with Ratwatte to see the gallows at Welikada Prison. She stated that she was not in Colombo on the day of the incident and that she was in… Read More
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