Acting defence minister Pramitha Bandara Tennakoon says a limited number of persons is planning to create disturbances in the country that is faced with a challenging situation.
Mahsa Amini's death in police custody has sparked a wave of protest across Iran.
The Jathika Jana Balawegaya (JJB) will lead and direct the second people’s uprising, says JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake.
With state ministers Sisira Jayakody and Diana Gamage backing a legalising of cannabis cultivation, the former has asked the relevant officials to formulate the legislation required by October 05 for its exportation for medicinal purposes.
The Football House at Reid Avenue in Colombo is to remain closed today (26) as the Sports Ministry has yet to declare its stand with regard to the expiry of the office of Football Sri Lanka (FSL).
The state-owned Lanka CWE incurred a loss of around Rs. 6,000 million to the treasury from the sale of imported dhal and canned fish during the Gotabaya Rajapaksa regime, lankadeepa.lk reports.
National organiser of the Socialist Youth Union (SYU) Eranga Gunasekara and two other arrestees have been granted bail by the Maligakanda magistrate’s court.
They were ordered released on sureties of Rs. 200,000 each.
The 79 others taken into custody during the SYU protest in Colombo on September 24 were released on police bail.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe left the island early today (26) on an official visit to Japan and the Philippines, the President’s Media Division said.
Ranil Wickremesinghe should end the insane repression he is unleashing in conceit with an improvised presidency he has obtained from parliament, JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake says.
The Liberal Youth Movement (LYM) says the declaration of several Colombo areas as high security zones (HSZs) is in violation of many fundamental rights.
