Jaffna has remembered 55 civilians who were murdered in the cold blood by Indian peacekeepers at Kokuvil 35 years ago.
Sri Lanka’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has shown a growth of 3.3 percent in 2021 and such a growth can be expected again in 2027, says the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
President Ranil Wickremesinghe, in an interview with Pasini Withanage on The Leader YouTube channel on Thursday (13), emphasized the importance of King Charles III attending the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) scheduled to be held in Egypt from 6 – 18 November 2022.
A project to introduce a digital national identity card has been dragging on uncompleted for 16 years at a cost of more than Rs. 2,660 million, according to the Auditor General’s Department.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe pointed out that using children as shields in demonstrations is a serious offence according to the law of the country and advised the Sri Lanka Police to take immediate measures to prevent the perpetuation of such conduct.
A member of the indigenous community has won gold in the men’s 42 km marathon event at the 47th national sports competition.
A media organisation has requested the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to arrest police officers responsible for the alleged assault on peaceful protestors gathering at the Galle Face Green to remember the southern activists who died recently during the anti-Rajapaksa government protests.
The government’s proposed tax policy will sink the middle class economy to the lowest, says SJB MP Dr. Harsha de Silva.
In addition to being accused of swindling massive sums of money from rich businessmen, Thilini Priyamali has also defrauded foreign currency by posing as an agent importing crude oil, Lankdeepa reported.
While ruling that it cannot proceed with the charges filed under the Public Property Act in the first Central Bank (CBSL) bond scam case, the Colombo Permanent High Court trial-at-bar ordered that all other charges be taken up for pre-trial hearing on December 16.
