By Rathindra Kuruwita There have been 485 incidents of gas explosion in Sri Lanka between 01 January and 05 December, 2021 the committee appointed to investigate incidents related to domestic gas cylinders has said. Out of the explosions, 430 were reported between 29 November and 05 December, the committee has added. Out of the 458 […]
By A.J.A. Abeynayaka Cabinet ministers Vasudeva Nanayakkara, Wimal Weerawansa and Udaya Gammanpila yesterday (07) made representations to the Supreme Court in support of the fundamental rights cases filed against the transfer of 40 per cent of government shares of the Yugadanavi Power Station to US-based New Fortress Energy. They threw their weight behind the petitions, […]
By Shamindra Ferdinando The Sri Lankan High Commission in India says Indian authorities haven’t informed it of the involvement of Sri Lankan actress Jacqueline Fernandez, 36, in the high profile INR 2 bn extortion and money laundering case linked to conman named Sukesh Chandrashekhar. Fernandez’s father is Sri Lankan and her mother is of Malaysian-Canadian […]
Saturday 27th November, 2021 Members of Parliament consider themselves a special class, and jealously guard their privileges. Living off the public, they want first dibs on everything. But most of them do not even care to behave properly inside Parliament, much less debate matters of national importance or carry out other legislative duties and functions […]
Outgoing Japanese Ambassador to Sri Lanka Sugiyama Akira called on President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat yesterday (25). The President commended Sugiyama Akira for rendering his valuable service to Sri Lanka in various ways, including his support to obtain 600,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines from the Government of Japan and giving support to COVID-19 […]