Reaffirming the government's commitment to building a digitalized modern Sri Lanka, president Ranil Wickremesinghe said that digital inclusion is necessary to bridge the digital divide between the rich and the poor.
The Government Medical Officers' Association (GMOA) met with president Ranil Wickremesinghe at the Presidential Secretariat yesterday (13) and handed over an eight-step proposal on brain drain, health crisis and matters affecting the doctors of this country.
A 65-year-old Tamil man from Vavuniya has died without knowing the fate of his son who has been missing for 16 years.
The Supreme Court has granted leave to proceed with several petitions that challenge a presidential pardon given to a soldier convicted in the killing of eight Tamils 23 years ago.
C.D. Wickremaratne is to get a three week extension to continue as the inspector general of police further, according to Presidential Secretariat sources.
The Supreme Court today determined that the Ape Janabala Party’s decision to expel Ven. Athuraliye Rathana Thera from party membership is not valid in law.
An agreement to boost milk production involving Sri Lanka’s Cargills and India’s Amul dairy groups was inked during a visit of Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met President Ranil Wickremesinghe in Colombo, a statement said.
The UNP should not change any of the party positions, its central committee decided yesterday (12), ‘Lankadeepa’ newspaper reported.
A remembrance event took place at Kokuvil in Jaffna yesterday (12) for 55 Tamil civilians murdered by Indian peacekeepers 36 years ago.
A closed-door event titled ‘Sri Lanka: Pathways to Debt Sustainability and Governance Reform’ will be held today (13) alongside the International Monetary Fund (IMF) annual meetings in Marrakesh, Morocco, hosted by organisations connected to the ‘Sri Lankan Civil Society Initiative on Anti-Corruption Reform for Economic Recovery’.
