By Shiran Ranasinghe The Ministry of Home Affairs said on Thursday that the 75th Independence Day celebrations would cost 200 million rupees.State Minister Ashok Priyantha said that initially Rs 570 million had been allocated for the event. However, the amount was reduced to 200 million after a series of discussions.The Independence Day parade will commence […]
By Norman Palihawadana and Jude Denzil Pathiraja The Bishop of Colombo Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith yesterday commended the verdict given on Thursday by the seven-judge bench of the Supreme Court on the Easter Sunday carnage and said that the church anticipates criminal proceedings against some of the respondents. The Cardinal said it was a historic judgement […]
Sri Lanka would reduce the size of its Army to 135,000 by 2024, from the current cadre of 200,783, State Minister of Defence, Premitha Bandara Tennakoon, said on Friday. Tennakoon said, in a media statement, that the number would be further reduced to 100,000 by 2030State Minister Tennakoon added that the strength of the military […]
The Elections Commission yesterday informed the Supreme Court that it had taken all necessary steps to hold the Local Council election as stipulated by law.President’s Counsel Saliya Pieris, appearing for the Election Commission, said so when a writ petition, filed by retired Army Colonel, named W. M. R. Wijesundara, asking the Supreme Court to issue […]
BY PRIYAN DE SILVA Minister of Transport, Highways and Mass Media, Dr. Bandula Gunawardane says 10 elephants have been killed and four injured by trains in 2022.Three elephants died yesterday after being knocked down by the ‘Pulatisi Express’ intercity train which was on its way from Batticaloa to Colombo. The train was derailed, disrupting railway […]