Street food vendor arrested for price-gouging & verbally harassing a foreigner
The police have arrested the owner of a street food stall in Aluthkade (Hulftsdorp) for price-gouging and verbally harassing a foreigner.
The police have arrested the owner of a street food stall in Aluthkade (Hulftsdorp) for price-gouging and verbally harassing a foreigner.
Low quality dry rations are being used in the cooking of meals for patients and staff of Colombo National Hospital, claims its deputy director Dr. Rukshan Bellana.
The alliance led by the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) has no intention of naming minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe as its presidential candidate, said vice president of the party Thilanga Sumathipala.
MP Chamal Rajapaksa has called for the implementation of the Janasabha (village council) system in the entire Hambantota district.
A 31-year-old from Wariyapola has been arrested for allegedly singing a distorted version of the popular New Year song ‘Soorya Mangalya’ by Rohana Beddage and sharing it on social media, police said.
The Uma Oya Multipurpose project which includes two dams namely Dyraaba and Puhulpola and also 25 kilometers of water transmission tunnel, is expected to be inaugurated in May in the presence of President Ebrahim Raisi.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe visited the Court Lodge Estate, owned by the Udupusellawa Plantation Company in Nuwara Eliya yesterday morning (16) to explore opportunities for the revival of the tourism industry around the picturesque hills of Nuwara Eliya.
Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe says he has received several requests urging him to run for president in the upcoming election.
The funeral of Dr. A.T. Ariyaratne, the founder of the Sarvodaya Movement, will take place on Saturday at Independence Square with state honours.
Former Kalutara District MP and Deputy Minister Palitha Kumara Thewarapperuma passed away at the age of 64, today (16).