Fourteen government MPs have written to speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena, asking him to appoint a select committee to investigate what they allege as incidents of infringement of privileges of MPs by the Election Commission.
The Government is working on to resolve several legal issues which have cropped up in the process of sending back 59 female migrant workers who are currently in ‘Suraksha’ Safe Houses in Oman, Labour and Foreign Employment Minister Manusha Nanayakkara said.
A.H.M. Fowzie took oaths before speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena today (09) as a MP for the Samagi Jana Balawegaya.
Attorney-at-Law Asela B. Rekawa has been appointed as the Chairman of the Marine Environment Protection Authority (MEPA) with effect from yesterday (7), by Minister of Urban Development and Housing Prasanna Ranatunga.
It has become difficult to pay for the coal shipments ordered for the Norochcholai power plant, said Lanka Coal company chairman Shehan Sumanasekara.
Important documents belonging to the Kaduwela Municipal Council have been burnt at the crematorium at Gemunupura, Kotelawala, lankatruth.com reports.
Finance state minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya said yesterday (08) the government had decided to introduce exemptions to the PAYE (Pay As You Earn) tax imposed on individuals whose monthly income is above Rs.100,000 on the directive of president and finance minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.
It has been revealed that the death of prominent businessman Dinesh Schaffter, the director of Jana Shakti PLC, was caused by ingestion of cyanide, when the case was taken up before the Aluthkade Magistrate’s Court yesterday (08).
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Sri Lanka today acknowledged a recent contribution of CHF 800,000 (approximately LKR 292 million) from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) at a special event held at the Embassy of Switzerland to Sri Lanka and the Maldives.
Rangana Silva’s YouTube channel has paved the way for his close friend Sudewa Hettiarachchi to make a return to media limelight.
