By Norman Palihawadane Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena yesterday (05) said that he had decided to allow the leaders of the parties represented in Parliament to decide...
AG didn’t object A few hours after Colombo Fort Magistrate re-remanded civil society activist and stand-up comedianne Nathasha Edirisooriya, arrested on a charge of insulting Buddhism,...
The Fort Magistrate’s Court yesterday ordered Ven. Rajangane Saddharathana Thera, arrested for making statements that could disrupt religious harmony, to be remanded further until 12 July....
By Saman Indrajith The Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) would suffer a loss of Rs 12 trillion owing to the government’s domestic debt restructuring programme, Opposition and...
The French authorities are losing no time in ordering emergency funding for rectifying the material damage suffered by their country in the recent rioting and the...
Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe told Parliament yesterday that nearly one-third of cases, pending before the Magistrates’ courts countrywide, were related to child abuse and rape cases...
By Hiran H.Senewiratne The government intends to restructure the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) by September this year and would be unbundling the sector to run all...
Sri Lanka has received USD 200 mn loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to implement a water management programme, the Water Supply and Estate Infrastructure...
By Prof. Susirith Mendis (First part of this article appeared in The Island Midweek Review of 05 June 2023) Is civil disobedience violence or a prelude...
‘Prez exploited Wimal’s claim to his advantage’ By Shamindra Ferdinando Patriotic National Movement (PNM) Secretary Dr. Wasantha Bandara said on Tuesday (04) that Sena Thoradeniya’s ‘Galle...