By Chitra Weerarathne The Supreme Court yesterday directed the Attorney General to file within two weeks the correct number of Cabinet Ministers and State Ministers currently holding office. Kapila Denuka Perera, an engineer, has filed a fundamental rights violation petition in the Supreme Court, complaining that at present there are 32 Cabinet Ministers and 44 […]
By Ifham Nizam and Chitra Weerarathne The Centre for Environmental Justice (CEJ)’s lawsuit to stop unloading here of allegedly contaminated organic fertiliser, CA WRIT 476/2 was taken up yesterday before Court of Appeal Justices Achala Wengappuli and Dhammika Ganepola. Taking the facts into account the Court ordered that the case be recalled on May 9, […]
by Saman Indrajith Trade Minister Bandula Gunawardena has found fault with the officials of the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) for what he calls their callous disregard for implementing the policies of the political leadership. Participating in the third reading stage debate on Budget 2022 under the expenditure heads […]
Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena yesterday asked JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake to act like a mature politician. In a statement rejecting Dissanayake’s allegations that he had been biased towards the government during the Committee Stage debate on budget 2022 under the expenditure heads of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, the Speaker said: “I […]
Foreign Minister Prof. G. L. Peiris met UAE Minister of Foreign Relations and International Cooperation Sheikh Abdulla Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, on the sidelines of the 5th Indian Ocean Conference – IOC 2021 that was held in Abu Dhabi. The Foreign Minister of U.A.E. welcomed Prof. G. L. Peiris to U.A.E. and recalled the friendly […]