Social media reports on attacks being probed By Norman Palihawadane The Army says that it has launched an investigation to ascertain whether military personnel who had been deployed to assist the police in containing a protest by university students near the Colombo University last week used iron rods and wooden sticks to attack the protesters. […]
SJB MP S.M. Marikkar on Thursday told Parliament that a SJB government will take action against state officials who follow President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s illegal directives. “Don’t do anything illegal. If you do, be ready to suffer the consequences,” he said. The SJB MP said Wickremesinghe has money to waste on various tamashas, but he has no funds […]
Chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL), Janaka Ratnayake, has filed a Fundamental Rights (FR) Application before the Supreme Court challenging the February electricity tariff hike, he said in a statement issued to the media on Friday. The statement issued on Ratnayake’s personal letterhead said the FR Application was filed both in […]
Sri Lanka is planning tourism promotional campaigns in nine key target markets to boost arrivals officials said as the country targets 1.55 million visitors in 2023. “There is a big plan for this year, but we are not going for a global campaign,” Chalaka Gajabahu, the Chairperson of Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau (SLTPB), told […]
By SHIHAR ANEEZ Sri Lanka expects to present an anti-corruption bill to the parliament in coming days, Cabinet Spokesman said, as the island nation has been urged by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to reduce corruption. The IMF has urged Sri Lanka to reduce corruption vulnerabilities through improving fiscal transparency and public financial management, introducing a […]