The officials of the Ministry of Labour, the Department of Labour and other relevant government offices yesterday engaged in a protest demanding that they should be provided an environment where they can exercise powers vested through the laws passed by the legislature independently and freely without any interference.

The Government of Sri Lanka handed over a consignment of 1 metric ton of Ceylon Tea to the civilians affected by the Cyclone MOCHA in Myanmar at an event organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The implementation status of 71 per cent of the highest value expenditure proposals in Interim Budget 2022 – with an allocation of LKR 46.8 billion – remains unknown, according to Verité Research.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe has failed in his attempt to divide the opposition in order to gain political mileage, said MP Dr. Nalaka Godahewa.

Evacuation orders have been issued for areas close to two central Greek cities threatened by new outbreaks of wildfires.

President of France Emmanuel Macron is scheduled to visit Sri Lanka tomorrow (28), a first by a French president.

Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) lawmaker Eran Wickramaratne has downplayed the still existent, immature talk about selling education when the private sector contributions are obtained in higher education.

The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) has warned the Colombo National Hospital over its Rs. 339 million of electricity bills that remain unpaid for five months now.

TNA MP M.A. Sumanthiran has refused to accept president Ranil Wickremesinghe’s solution with regard to the 13th amendment to the constitution.

Seventeen persons, including the president of the Peliyagoda Manning Market Traders’ Association, were arrested by the police for organizing a protest despite a prohibition order by the court.