Month: January 2025
Govt yet to resolve container transport delays
Although President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has instructed to expedite the release of imported containers, the representatives of the container transport vehicles are alleging...
High demand for ministerial bungalows
More than ten private institutions have submitted requests to rent ministerial bungalows, according to sources in the Ministry of Public Administration, Provincial Councils...
CEB’s electricity tariff data revealed to be incorrect
The Electricity Users’ Association says that a preliminary study conducted by the Auditor General has confirmed that the electricity tariff data of the...
Sri Lanka’s top seeds shine in ITF Asia Tennis battle
Sri Lanka’s junior tennis stars Annaya Norbert, Sahansa Damsiluni, Eliza Kahagalla, Damsath Peiris, and Revaan Amarasinghe advanced confidently in their respective categories on...
Cabinet approves SLPA’s revised tug rental plan
The Cabinet of Ministers has approved a revised proposal by the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) to acquire new harbour tugs via rental...
South Korea’s President Yoon arrested over short-lived martial law attempt
South Korean investigators have arrested South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol over accusations of insurrection for briefly imposing martial law in a move...
2025 Henley passport rankings are out: where are you?
Travelling to a region within your country – Sri Lanka – is not that hard, even if it’s from one corner to another...
5000 RAW agents in Sri Lanka – Nagamuva
A seminar organized by the Frontline Socialist Party (FSP) titled “Is India the Big Brother?” was held at the Colombo Foundation Institute recently....
Another pre-election pledge discarded by AKD
A gazette notification has been issued to maintain the existing fuel tax at the same level without revising it. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake,...
Trump would have been convicted of election interference, DoJ report says
President-elect Donald Trump would have been convicted of illegally trying to overturn the result of the 2020 presidential election – which he lost...
