X-Press Pearl compensation lawsuit in Singapore put off
The first hearing took place yesterday (09) of a lawsuit filed before a Singaporean court seeking compensation for the environmental damage caused by the X-Press Pearl maritime disaster.
The first hearing took place yesterday (09) of a lawsuit filed before a Singaporean court seeking compensation for the environmental damage caused by the X-Press Pearl maritime disaster.
Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court has given the green light to a bill seeking to decriminalize homosexuality, the speaker of parliament said on Tuesday, in a move hailed as a “historic development” by campaigners.
Parents of three former LTTE members are planning a fast-unto-death to demand the immediate release of a LTTE cemetery at Alampil in Mullaitivu presently occupied by the Army.
The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) incurred a loss of Rs. 615 billion in 2022, said the annual report of the Central Bank (CBSL).
Sri Lanka’s longest religious expedition by foot is presently under way from Jaffna to Kataragama.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe agreed to postpone a House debate on the proposed Central Bank Act, opposition leader Sajith Premadasa told parliament today (09).
Around 350 employees of a factory at Halpe in Katana, owned by an Oman national, staged a protest against state minister Indika Anuruddha in front of his home and ancestral home nearby yesterday (08).
Several organizations, including a group of doctors, have complained to the Bribery Commission against a tender to purchase 2.5 million vials of the antibiotic cefuroxime.
Twenty-one ruling MPs have sought the appointment of a select committee to inquire into two incidents of foreign ships catching fire in Sri Lankan waters.
Australia has deported 41 Sri Lankan illegal immigrants, who had been arrested and kept at Christmas Island detention centre.