A leading upcountry Tamil literary figure, Theliwatte Joseph, passed away late yesterday (21), aged 88 years.
A total of 44 MPs, from both ruling and opposition parties, were absent at the parliamentary vote last evening (21) on the draft 22nd amendment to the constitution.
A leading trade union urges the government to refrain from burdening the working class with further taxes, and proposes to reduce defence expenditure in the coming year among other measures instead.
Forty Tamil civilians murdered by Indian peacekeepers 35 years ago have been remembered in Jaffna.
The 22nd amendment to the constitution was passed by a 178-vote majority at a vote following the debate on its second reading in parliament this evening (21).
An opposition MP has brought the attention of parliament to threats to the lives of estate workers from wild animals.
Minister of State for Defence and Tourism of India Shri Ajay Bhatt reiterated India’s readiness to continue to support Sri Lanka in the defence sphere during a meeting with his Sri Lankan counterpart Premitha Bandara Tennakoon on October 17 along the sidelines of DefExpo2022, Asia's largest defence exhibition.
A court in Sri Lanka has ordered a forensic examination on the human remains excavated from a private land on the 11th of this month in the Puthukudiyiruppu -Anandapuram area in Mullaitivu district.
A coal shipment will arrive on October 24 with the full payment already made to the contractual supplier, said Lanka Coal Company’s general manager Namal Hewage.
The state has suffered a financial loss of Rs. 930 million due to 189 university lecturers having abandoned their postgraduate studies, education minister Susil Premajayanth told parliament yesterday (20).
