The Navy seized about 470 g of gold and a conch shell (Valampuri) being smuggled out of the country in the seas off Kurusapadu in Pesalai,Mannar on Monday (25) night. The Navy also took into custody three suspects and the dinghy they were using. It made the detection after checking a suspicious dinghy left the […]
President Ranil Wickremesinghe would hold Defence, Finance and other Cabinet portfolios that have not been assigned so far, until the formation of an all-party government, ministerial sources told The Island yesterday. That would be in line with the Constitution, sources said, adding that there was no time bar for the President to hold such portfolios. The government […]
President Ranil Wickremesinghe shares a light moment with a group of people at the Weheragoda, Purana Viharaya, Sedawatta, on Sunday (24). The new President received the blessings of the Maha Sangha, during his first visit to the temple after being sworn in as the President last Thursday (Pic courtesy PMD)
Parliament will meet at 10.00 am today (27) to take up the proclamation on the state of emergency declared by the Acting President under the Public Security Ordinance for a vote after debate until 4.30 pm. This proclamation was made by the then Acting President through the Special Gazette No. 2288/30 dated July 17, 2022 […]
By Ifham Nizam The Ceylon Electricity Board Engineers’ Union (CEBEU) said yesterday that adequate fuel was not available for an uninterrupted power supply. “To date there has been no positive response to our request for more fue,” a senior engineer said, warning that there would be longer power cuts.