Rear Admiral Priyantha Perera yesterday (18) assumed duties as the 25th commander of the Sri Lanka Navy.
The government is to postpone the local government polls further by citing economic difficulties to meet an estimated Rs. 10 billion election cost, reliable sources said.
Journalist Chamuditha Samarawickrema has been summoned to the police in connection with investigations into the killing of businessman Dinesh Schaffter.
Principal of Nalanda College in Colombo, Thilak Wattuhewa is to send a letter of demand to Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC) for having carried completely false news with regard to him.
As many as 38 air traffic controllers had left Sri Lanka in recent times due to financial difficulties, reports lankadeepa.lk.
Seventy-five persons have been taken into custody in ongoing anti-drug raids in 122 schools in the western province, said the police.
Three political alliances are expected to field candidates at the upcoming local government polls.
A preliminary hearing of the Central Bank bond scam case will take place on March 21, 2023.
A new sports act to suit the times will be tabled in parliament for approval, said sports minister Roshan Ranasinghe.
Lecturers warn that they will stay away from lectures indefinitely if the crisis at Peradeniya University continues any further.
