The main Opposition Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB) raised the issue of tax exemptions given to West Container Terminal (WCT) at a meeting chaired by Anura Priyadarshana Yapa, Chairman of the Committee on Public Finance. This was the first Committee meeting held for the Second Session of the Ninth Parliament. India’s Adani Group in late September […]
By Rathindra Kuruwita Twenty doctors and 60 other staff members of the Badulla Provincial General Hospital had tested COVID-19 positive, Chief Medical Officer of the Badulla Hospital Emergency Unit, Dr. Palitha Rajapaksha said. Six of the COVID infected doctors are in the Emergency Unit. “There are only nine docs in the Emergency Unit. Luckily, none […]
By Saman Indrajith Matara District SJB MP Buddhika Pathirana told Parliament on Wednesday that some companies imported milk powder and dissolved them in water and released them to the market as liquid milk. “The consumers think that they drink fresh milk while drinking milk powder dissolved in water. The yoghurt producers, too, buy them thinking […]
Japan has provided USD 40.8 mn to four NGOs engaged in mine clearing work in Northern and Eastern Sri Lanka since 2002, according to a statement issued by the Japanese Embassy in Colombo on Tuesday (08). The disclosure was made in the wake of Mines Advisory Group (MAG) receiving US$ 647,611 (approx. Rs. 128 million) […]
By Saman Indrajith Energy Minister Udaya Gammanpila told Parliament on Wednesday (9) that India had expressed its desire to join Sri Lanka’s oil and gas exploration efforts. The Minister said so responding to a question by SLPP MP Mohamad Muzammil, who demanded to know whether assistance from a foreign country or private sector would be […]