Agriculture Mahinda Amaraweera requested the government and the Ministry of Finance to immediately provide money for the purchase of paddy from the farmers before spending on the elections.
A discussion focused on raising national milk production and providing necessary technical support to the production of liquid milk in Sri Lanka together with the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) of India and Amul Milk Company was held between President Ranil Wickremesinghe and a delegation led by Indian High Commissioner Gopal Baglay at the Presidential Secretariat today (04).
A Sri Lankan citizen has expressed serious concerns over the silence of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) pertaining to a complaint he had lodged six months ago against notarial misconduct of one of its members.
A community kitchen programme based at the historic Hunupitiya Gangaramaya Temple was launched this week under the auspices of Senior Advisor to the President on National Security and President’s Chief of Staff Sagala Ratnayaka.
Adarsha Karadana, who was recently in the spotlight after releasing a controversial video of her estranged partner Ashu Marasinghe, has filed a petition with the Colombo Magistrate’s Court.
Senior Deputy Inspector General of Police Nilantha Jayawardena has been appointed as the Senior DIG Administration by the Inspector General of Police C. D. Wickramaratne.
A retired Army Colonel, W. M. R. Wijesundera, filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court yesterday (02) against the holding of the local government polls.
The March 12 Movement warns of a possible delaying of the local government polls further through court action.
The CID is investigating a reported accidental firing of a shot into the car belonging to its former director Shani Abeysekara.
