Election Commission seeks Rs. 60 million for OT payments
The Election Commission (EC) has sought more than Rs. 60 million from the Treasury for overtime payment of its staff so far this year, according to ‘Mawbima’.
The Election Commission (EC) has sought more than Rs. 60 million from the Treasury for overtime payment of its staff so far this year, according to ‘Mawbima’.
Two Sri Lankan drug traffickers under arrest in Madagascar are expected to be brought back to Sri Lanka this morning (14).
Hindus in the Vanni district are opposing a planned destruction of a rock they have dedicated to God Ganesh.
Minister of Water Supply and Estate Infrastructure Development Jeevan Thondaman and High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka Gopal Baglay exchanged diplomatic notes, paving way for a three-fold increase in unit cost of a house under Phase-3 of Indian Housing Project (IHP), a statement by the Indian High Commission said today (13).
The Supreme Court has fixed four dates to take up an appeal filed by the attorney general against the acquittal of Hemasiri Fernando and Pujith Jayasundara from the Easter Sunday terror attacks case.
SriLankan Airlines is more than USD 1,000 million in debt, said aviation minister Nimal Siripala de Silva.
The proposed Central Bank act is an attempt to seize people’s supremacy, says the education secretary of the Frontline Socialist Party (FSP) Pubudu Jagoda.
Sri Lanka is to be forcibly dragged backwards this week towards economic downturn again by severe strike actions in many crucial sectors nationwide which will bring the country to a standstill, as the public buckles under the financial strain of multiple price hikes and heavy taxation.
A warrant has gone out for the arrest of the leader of the National Freedom Front (NFF) MP Wimal Weerawansa over his failure to appear for a court hearing today (13).
Public security minister Tiran Alles has decided against answering summons issued to him by the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL).