Chamal wants Janasabha for entire Hambantota district
MP Chamal Rajapaksa has called for the implementation of the Janasabha (village council) system in the entire Hambantota district.
MP Chamal Rajapaksa has called for the implementation of the Janasabha (village council) system in the entire Hambantota district.
A 31-year-old from Wariyapola has been arrested for allegedly singing a distorted version of the popular New Year song ‘Soorya Mangalya’ by Rohana Beddage and sharing it on social media, police said.
The Uma Oya Multipurpose project which includes two dams namely Dyraaba and Puhulpola and also 25 kilometers of water transmission tunnel, is expected to be inaugurated in May in the presence of President Ebrahim Raisi.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe visited the Court Lodge Estate, owned by the Udupusellawa Plantation Company in Nuwara Eliya yesterday morning (16) to explore opportunities for the revival of the tourism industry around the picturesque hills of Nuwara Eliya.
Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe says he has received several requests urging him to run for president in the upcoming election.
The funeral of Dr. A.T. Ariyaratne, the founder of the Sarvodaya Movement, will take place on Saturday at Independence Square with state honours.
Former Kalutara District MP and Deputy Minister Palitha Kumara Thewarapperuma passed away at the age of 64, today (16).
The next New Year will be celebrated in an era of economic development together with a populist, humane agreement negotiated with the IMF, said opposition leader Sajith Premadasa.
A 62-year-old woman who was receiving treatment at the Jaffna Hospital died of Covid-19, hospital sources said.
A group of MPs from both the ruling party and the opposition have urged the speaker and government officials to provide vehicle permits at lower prices if the previously issued duty-free licenses cannot be granted before the upcoming presidential election.