Sri Lanka is on the verge of losing power generation of 40 percent of total energy demand as the energy ministry is grappling to solve the current coal import issue which had arisen due to no bidders for recent coal tenders.
Police in Mannar have withdrawn a complaint against the holding of Maaveerar Naal remembrance events there.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe and SLPP national organizer Basil Rajapaksa have had an initial discussion towards forming an alliance to exclusively target the next general and presidential polls, ‘Deshaya’ reports.
Street protests cannot revive the economy, said former finance minister Ravi Karunanayake.
SriLankan Airlines is witnessing an exodus of its pilots, with 24 already left for foreign jobs and 40 more planning to leave next year.
The Socialist Youth Union staged a protest in Kandy yesterday (26) despite objections by the police.
Tamils commemorated Maaveerar Naal in Jaffna today (27) to remember their relatives and friends who died in the war as members of the LTTE.
Sports minister Roshan Ranasinghe has spoken of impending strong measures to counter the crisis that prevails in local cricket.
The police media division has vehemently rejected the content of a video on the IGP presently in circulation in social media.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Sabry called on Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina yesterday (25), at her Official Residence in Dhaka.
