SJB leader Sajith Premadasa flanked by colleagues march on the road leading to Parliament (Pix by Thushara Atapattu) The main Opposition party, the Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB), yesterday (22) conducted a...
By Ifham Nizam More than 150 dead marine animals affected by the MV X-Press Pearl accident, have beached, officials and environmentalists say. By yesterday bodies of...
Easter Sunday carnage probe: … gems worth Rs 14 mn among cash, jewellery, etc., worth 340 mn recovered By Shamindra Ferdinando The Police Headquarters says Attorney General...
By Shamindra Ferdinando Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB) spokesperson Dr. Harsha de Silva, MP, yesterday (21) called for immediate remedial measures in the wake of Energy Minister Udaya Gammanpila’s shocking admission that...
Policemen in civvies scuffle with members of the Inter-University Student Federation (IUSF) opposite the Fort Railway station yesterday (21). Police moved in soon after the IUSF...
Speculation is rife in political circles that Basil Rajapaksa will return to Parliament as an SLPP National List MP. Well informed sources told The Island that the SLPP founder...
Indian HC Bagley participates in the programme The High Commission of India and the Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre, Colombo joined hands with the Sri Lankan Armed Forces to...
Education Minister Prof. G.L.Peiris yesterday (21) said that provincial education centres would be established for the benefit of students unable to engage in online education due to various issues faced by them, amidst the pandemic. Addressing the...
The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Doha has facilitated the second air shipment of 125 Oxygen Cylinders and 10 Oxygen Regulators to Sri Lanka to strengthen...
Yesterday’s meeting in progress (pic courtesy Communications Deparetment, Parliament) The Parliamentary Select Committee on Election law reforms yesterday (21) extended the deadline given to recognized political...