The Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana, participated at the virtual session of the Standing Committee Meeting of the Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of the Commonwealth (CSPOC) Yesterday. He participated in this meeting as the representative for Asia Region. It was the 25th conference of the Standing Committee Meeting of the Conference of Speakers and Presiding
The Special Task Force apprehended seven suspects with 29,000 kilograms of refuse tea at the Kotugoda area in Seeduwa, last evening, said the Police Media Spokesperson DIG Ajith Rohana. The stock of tea had been prepared to be exported to a Middle East country under the label ‘Sri Lanka Tea’. The container truck prepared for the transport of the tea stock was also seized by
China's economy grew at the slowest pace in more than four decades last year, official figures show, but remains on course to be the only major economy to have expanded in 2020. The economy grew 2.3% last year, despite Covid-19 shutdowns causing output to slump in early 2020. Strict virus containment measures and emergency relief for businesses helped the economy recover.
Cabinet approval has been granted to implement the decisions and recommendations of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry to Investigate Incidents of Political Revenge, Co-cabinet Spokesman Mass Media Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa appointed a Presidential Commission of inquiry to investigate incidents of political revenge which are said
Another group of expatriates from Qatar, China and Saudi Arabia were brought to the island this morning, National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO) sources said.Accordingly, 33 from Saudi Arabia, 22 from Qatar and 39 from China are among those expatriates and all of them will be sent to Quarantine Centres, managed by tri forces for necessary