Month: January 2025
‘Deyata Kirula’ paves the way for 150-acre land deal
Details are emerging about the financial and other irregularities that had taken place under ‘Deyata Kirula’ national development exhibition during Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s term...
Remembering my friend Lasantha Wickrematunge – (Eran Wickramaratne)
Sixteen years ago on 8th January 2009, I received a phone call that Lasantha was attacked and taken to the Kalubowila Hospital I...
Surge in HMPV cases: What we should know
The World Health Organization (WHO) says a rise in cases of human metapneumovirus (HMPV), a respiratory virus similar to the flu, is being...
South Africa’s sports minister joins calls for Afghanistan cricket boycott
South Africa’s Sports Minister Gayton McKenzie has given his support to calls for a boycott of Afghanistan at the ICC Champions Trophy in...
TikTok to make final plea at Supreme Court against US ban
TikTok will appear before the US Supreme Court on Friday in a last-ditch effort to overturn a ban, in a case testing the...
Govt. dismisses teachers’ call for tax relief on school equipment
The ruling National People’s Power (NPP) government has rejected calls for a reduction of the VAT on educational equipment to benefit all students,...
GMOA raises concerns about outside interventions
The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) has raised concerns over outside interventions in their transfers of late. Noting that the process of transfers...
Minister of Power reveals time frame for reduction of electricity tariffs
Minister of Power Kumara Jayakody told parliament on Thursday (09) it will take a minimum of three years to reduce the electricity tariffs....
Rohini warns of an impending economic collapse
The economy is, slowly but surely, on the path to collapse once again, said Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Rohini Kavirathna. She said...
Taunton woman runs 330 miles across Sri Lanka to save dogs
A dog shelter manager has run the length of Sri Lanka to raise funds to keep the dog sanctuary open. Lucie Borne, from...
