By Shamindra Ferdinando Civil society activist Oshala Herath has sought Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya’s intervention to expedite investigations into a complaint he lodged with the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Nov 1, 2020, as regards Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB) lawmaker Diana Gamage being a British passport holder. The SJB accommodated the former actress on its […]
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday (10) instructed the members of the Special Committee on COVID-19 Control to complete administering booster doses within the next two weeks to control the spread of COVID-19 during the coming festive season. The President made these remarks during the meeting of the Special Committee on COVID-19 Control held at the Presidential […]
Secretary General of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC), Tenzin Lekphell, paid a courtesy call on Foreign Minister Prof. G. L Peiris and briefed him on his first official visit to Sri Lanka . Sri Lanka is the Chair of BIMSTEC (since 2018), and the Minister assured Sri Lanka’s […]
By Saman Indrajith JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake made an explosive revelation in Parliament yesterday, noting that the agreement for the LNG Plant in Kerawalapitiya had not been signed with New Fortress Energy of the US but with a separate company, registered under the name of NFE Sri Lanka Power Holding LLC. Tabling a copy […]
By Saman Indrajith Public Security Minister Rear Admiral (Retd) Dr. Sarath Weerasekara told Parliament yesterday that SJB MP Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka had made use of parliamentary privileges to sling mud at others. Responding to certain allegations raised by Field Marshal Fonseka in Parliament on Thursday the Minister said Fonseka had criticised him in a […]