The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) has appointed a five-member committee to run through the conduct of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) study that has allegedly been done without proper procedure.
The government has decided to grant a Rs. 5,000 million relief package for micro, small and medium industrialists and entrepreneurs who are blacklisted by the CRIB for failing to repay bank loans.
A man admitted to Colombo National Hospital with burn injuries has died reportedly after being injected with an antibiotic.
Colombo Additional Magistrate Pavithra Sanjeewani Pathirana remanded the owner of the Aura Lanka Viranjith Thambugala until May 27 over a financial fraud case of Rs.70 million yesterday (22).
A young girl from Ratnapura has challenged a social taboo that prevents women from creating Vesak pandals.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe announced the implementation of a new program aimed at improving the living conditions of retired security forces members.
Cabinet approval has been granted to increase the salaries and allowances of more than 13,000 Grama Niladhari officers and accordingly the draft of the service constitution has been submitted for the approval of the Public Service Commission (PSC) to establish the Sri Lanka Grama Niladhari Service.
The Cabinet of Ministers has announced a significant advancement in the privatization process of the national carrier, Sri Lankan Airlines, by narrowing down the field of potential acquirers to three prominent contenders from the initial six bidders. This decision marks a pivotal step towards the revitalization of the ailing airline.
Upon a request made by the Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the United States Mahinda Samarasinghe, Mayor Muriel Bowser of Washington D.C. has issued a Proclamation declaring 23 May 2024 as “Vesak Festival Day” in the American Capital.
Sadun Kithulagoda, an anaesthetic technician at the Wellington Regional Hospital, received an Honorary Queen’s Service Medal for services to the Sri Lankan community.
