Month: February 2025
Retail prices of local rice varieties increase
The weekly food commodity bulletin issued by the Hector Kobbekaduwa Agricultural Research and Training Institute in the last week of January shows that...
Court action if LG polls aren’t held in April
Former Chairman of the Election Commission Mahinda Deshapriya said that the local government elections will be held in April due to ongoing legal...
NPP blames previous govts for coconut crisis
Deputy Minister of Vocational Education Nalin Hewage stated that the reason for the current coconut crisis is the previous government’s failure to properly...
AKD reminds AG’s Dept of its critical responsibility
President Anura Kumara Disanayake held a discussion with the Attorney General and officials from the Attorney General’s Department at the Presidential Secretariat on...
Kusal half-century drags Sri Lanka to 229-9 as Starc, Lyon shine
Australia’s Mitchell Starc and Nathan Lyon claimed three wickets apiece but Kusal Mendis’ battling half-century salvaged a difficult day one for Sri Lanka...
Two secretaries clash at Bimal’s ministry
The Additional Secretary of the Ministry of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation has filed a fundamental rights petition before the Supreme Court,...
Govt. can consider offering vehicles at low prices after increasing foreign reserves
Minister of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development Sunil Handunnetti says that the local vehicle assembly industry has improved with the cessation of vehicle importation....
List of MPs who claimed compensation for property damages during Aragalaya
Health and Media Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa made a special revelation in Parliament today (06) regarding 43 politicians who had obtained compensation claiming...
Colombo Magistrate’s Court recalls arrest warrant for Diana Gamage
The Colombo Magistrate’s Court has recalled an arrest warrant issued earlier today for former state minister Diana Gamage after she failed to appear...
Google joins firms dropping diversity recruitment goals
Google has become the latest big US firm to scrap its goals to recruit more workers from underrepresented groups, BBC News understands. The...
