By Akitha Perera Opposition and SJB leader Sajith Premadasa called on President Gotabaya Rajapaksa again yesterday to pardon former MP Ranjan Ramanayake. Speaking to journalists after a visit to the Welikada Prison to see Ramanayake, Opposition leader Premadasa said: “Ranjan Ramanayake was not imprisoned for murder or theft. He spoke on behalf of the people. […]
By Sujeewa Tathsara and Aruna Bogahwatte The price of a kilo of rice would exceed Rs 500 mark soon, National Organiser of the All Ceylon Agrarian Federation, Namal Karunaratne, told The Island yesterday. Karunarante said that paddy cultivation during the current Maha season had suffered huge blows and it would inevitably result in massive […]
BY CYRIL WIMALASURENDRE KANDY- Minister of Education Dinesh Gunawardena on Sunday revealed that the university intake would be increased by 10,000 in 2022. Minister Gunawardena said that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had decided that more students should be entrolled for university education. Minister Gunawardena made the announcement during a visit to the University of Peradeniya. The […]
The first, I recall, were containers loads of garbage from the UK imported by someone here. The containers lingered in the port for a few months until the importer could find a politician or a bureaucrat who could be suborned to release the smelly stuff. However, the deal could be so odious that nobody took […]
Dr. Shafi Shahabdeen charged for performing illegal sterilisation on around 4000 women is in the limelight once again because of the letter the Health Ministry Secretary wrote to the Director of Kurunagela Teaching Hospital regarding him. All print and electronic media, including social media, read the letter and reported that Dr. Shafi was reinstated with […]