Actress Damitha Abeyratne was seen on the political platform for the first time, when she took part in a SJB rally in Polonnaruwa yesterday (22).
“The election has been postponed. What remains to be done is for the commission to issue a gazette to announce its postponement, like issuing a death certificate,” former election commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya said in Galle yesterday (22).
A dispute is brewing over the of chairmanship of the Committee on Public Finance (COPF).
Stakeholders in the areca-nut industry are planning a major agitation in front of the Trade Ministry and the Department of Commerce tomorrow (24) against an ongoing ban on exporting areca nut.
A nonstop struggle has entered its seventh year to demand justice for the Tamils who have gone missing since their surrender or abduction by the military.
State sector officials are required to travel economy class only when going abroad with effect from March 01, said a circular issued by the secretary to the president.
A writ petition filed by a retired Army Colonel, W.M.R. Wijesundara, against the holding of the local government polls will be taken up for hearing at the Supreme Court today (23).
President Ranil Wickremesinghe today (22) urged all citizens to work together to overcome the current economic crisis and promote reconciliation efforts.
Student leader Wasantha Mudalige has vowed to make a major intervention to get the PTA abolished by raising awareness among the southern society about the act that has caused people of the north and the east to suffer for many years.
Pivithuru Hela Urumaya leader Udaya Gammanpila wants the government to resume payment of salaries of public sector employees who are on no-pay leave to contest the local government polls, if the election is put off.
