The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) incurred a loss of Rs. 29,790 million in the first four months of 2023 despite increases in the tariffs, said a report on state finances.
The Colombo fraud bureau has filed a court case against several officials of the public administration ministry affiliate National Language Education and Training Institute at Makumbura over a major financial fraud.
Courts have ordered the police to provide immediate protection to a site where a rare Sri Lanka legume, or crudia zeylanica, tree has reportedly been buried.
A presidential directive has gone to the Election Commission to inform him immediately about the cost of holding a presidential election.
Ex-president Maithripala Sirisena has attended the inaugural ceremony of the Global Leadership Summit in Cambodia.
An estate company is attempting to take over a land in Avissawella allotted by the good governance regime to build houses for estate workers, according to the leader of the Tamil Progressive Alliance (TPF) Mano Ganesan.
A parliamentary committee on education has recommended the replacement of the University Grants Commission and the Vocational Training Authority with a single independent National Higher Education Commission by way of legislative enactment.
Investors will be given commercially-valuable lands in major cities to obtain contributions towards economic growth, said urban development and housing state minister Arundika Fernando.
Officials of all health sector institutions have been warned of disciplinary action if found to have spoken to the media without obtaining prior approval from their respective heads.
Director general of health services Dr. Asela Gunawardena has alleged attempts to link every death to a medicine or a vaccine to undermine the free health service.
