A draft amendment that seeks a reconvening of the dissolved local government bodies has been presented with approval from the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), said its initiator Jayantha Ketagoda.
The ailing tusker ‘Muthu Raja’ was airlifted to Thailand by a special flight from Katunayake airport today (02).
Young politicians of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) are at talks to form a new political alliance, said political sources.
Nine leading local liqour manufacturers have defaulted on taxes to the tune of Rs. 6,000 million, said excise chief Kapila Kumarasinghe.
In an interview with Marc Perelman at FRANCE 24, on the sidelines of the Summit for a New Global Financing Pact in Paris, President Ranil Wickremesinghe discusses his country’s debt burden, relations with China, as well as plans for a Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa says he does not want to take the people to the streets.
A resolution on domestic debt restructuring was passed at a vote by parliament yesterday (01) following a day-long debate.
A director of local footwear maker DSI Group has been arrested for paying an army deserter to fire shots at his own home over a business dispute with his family.
The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) has decided to take a neutral stance with regard to the proposed domestic debt optimization (DDO), party chair Maithripala Sirisena stated.
The Asgiriya Buddhist chapter has raised objections to the ‘interference’ by a religious leader in the appointment of the next police chief.
