By Rathindra Kuruwita The increased fuel quota would be in effect for another week, State Minister of Power and Energy D.V. Chanaka said yesterday. The fuel quota was increased last week in view of the festive season. Chanaka said that the Ministry of Power and Energy was analysing data from last week to determine if […]
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By Norman Palihawadane Former Attorney General Dappula de Livera has been summoned to the Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) today (19), police said. Police said that the incumbent Attorney General has been instructed to record a statement from Dappula de Livera over an alleged statement that had been made by him, days before his retirement in […]
By Jehan Perera The media has reported that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will be announcing a new policy on national reconciliation in his address to Parliament at this inaugural session following prorogation last month. Apart from bringing peace of mind and comfort to those bereaved by the three decades long war, the central issue of national […]
The pandemic is bad enough, but the past few months have also brought us further shocks. In September, last year (2021) the death of Sunil Perera, of the Gypsies, shocked the nation, and music lovers, the world over. And, then, last week, it was the demise of another veteran singer-entertainer, Desmond de Silva. Desmond’s death […]