Public security minister Tiran Alles has requested the Colombo archbishop and the Catholic Church to extend support to ensure justice for victims of the Easter Sunday attacks.
The Road Development Authority has taken steps to light the Katunayaka expressway by laying cables instead of the copper current cables worth 25 crore rupees stolen by thieves after two fatal road accidents including the one that claimed the life of State Minister Sanath Nishantha.
At a recent meeting, the Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) has heard that a ship sailing from Seychelles to Thailand had unloaded 98 containers carrying a large cache of rotten fish in Sri Lanka, claiming that the consignment was intended for organic fertilizer manufacturing.
The' New Alliance' held its inaugural public rally at Ja Ela town yesterday afternoon (27).
The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) conducted the first crackdown on bribery in the private sector under the powers conferred by the new Anti-Corruption Act.
Seventeen social activists have filed a Fundamental Rights petition in the Supreme Court seeking an order directing the authorities to forthwith take steps to recover all arrears of tax due from all the liquor manufacturing companies.
Political parties must formulate comprehensive plans for nation-building when gearing up for elections, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said.
Police are investigating a social media post published by the driver of later state minister Sanath Nishantha.
Sri Lanka is to sign a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Thailand on 03 February, expecting to enhance bilateral trade to US$ 1.5 billion plus.
Sagala Ratnayaka, national security advisor and chief of staff of the president, has been tasked with supervising and achieving targets of the International Monetary Fund’s reforms programme in Sri Lanka.
