SJB MP Dr. Harsha de Silva alleges a gang of thieves were opposed to his being appointed to chair the Committee on Public Finance (COPF) in order for them to swindle public money again.
Estate workers in Bogawantalawa are protesting against the use of electronic scales to weigh plucked tea leaves.
The Supreme Court has deferred until March 11 the hearing of a writ petition filed by a retired Army colonel, W.M.R. Wijesundara, seeking an order to postpone the local government polls 2023.
The incumbent president has decided not to place his signature on the verdicts delivered by any court of law in Sri Lanka to implement the death penalty, the attorney general informed the Supreme Court today (23).
President Ranil Wickremesinghe told parliament today (23) that he had sent a message to SJB’s Mujibur Rahman not to resign from his parliamentary seat to run for Colombo mayor.
Actress Damitha Abeyratne was seen on the political platform for the first time, when she took part in a SJB rally in Polonnaruwa yesterday (22).
“The election has been postponed. What remains to be done is for the commission to issue a gazette to announce its postponement, like issuing a death certificate,” former election commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya said in Galle yesterday (22).
A dispute is brewing over the of chairmanship of the Committee on Public Finance (COPF).
Stakeholders in the areca-nut industry are planning a major agitation in front of the Trade Ministry and the Department of Commerce tomorrow (24) against an ongoing ban on exporting areca nut.
A nonstop struggle has entered its seventh year to demand justice for the Tamils who have gone missing since their surrender or abduction by the military.
