The decision to switch back to normal visa processing will be made by the Public Security Ministry today (05) following the examination of the order issued by the Supreme Court (SC), according to Public Security Ministry Secretary Viyani Gunathilaka.
Opposition MP Gevindu Cumaratunga has accused incumbent President and independent presidential candidate Ranil Wickremesinghe of applying double standards in his policies regarding election campaigning.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe announced that a program to provide jobs for young people will commence next year, aiming to create new employment opportunities in both the public and private sectors.
The SLPP will expel its members who act against party decisions irrespective of their positions, said its general secretary Sagara Kariyawasam in a letter.
The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) has reportedly made changes in several district-level leadership positions within the party.
Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) MP Dayasiri Jayasekera says that he will support Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) candidate Sajith Premadasa at the upcoming Presidential Election.
The Parliament is scheduled to convene from the 6th to the 9th.
Labour and Foreign Employment Minister Manusha Nanayakkara said 24 Sri Lankans who had attended an event organized by the JVP-affiliated ‘Ethera Api’ Organization have been arrested in Kuwait.
The South Asian University’s action against a PhD scholar and his Sri Lankan supervisor over a research proposal on Kashmir that included, among its citations, noted linguist Noam Chomsky’s criticism of the NDA government has prompted the Sri Lankan High Commissioner to call the situation “extremely disconcerting” and urge the university president to resolve the matter “in a fair and amicable manner in the spirit of academic freedom,” The Sunday Express
A report to amend the fixed deposit interest rate paid to senior citizens has been submitted to president Ranil Wickremesinghe, said finance state minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya.
