– by Janaka Alahapperuma – pix by: Sudath Silva – Newly elected Chief Minister of the Northern Province C.V.Vigneshwaran was sworn in once again for more ministerial portfolios of the provincial council this morning (17 Oct) at the Presidential Secretariat. The Chief Minister took oaths before President Mahinda Rajapaksa. This is the first time in […]
– by Janaka Alahapperuma – pix By : Nalin Hewapathirana – Chairman of the Tea Exporters’ Association (TEA) of Sri Lanka, Rohan Fernando presented their proposals to President Mahinda Rajapaksa to support the Government’s efforts to increase exports toward the goal of US$ 20 billion by 2020 with a tea contribution of US$ 3 to […]
– by Janaka Alahapperuma from London – Press Office at Clarence House, London SW1A 1BA announced today (15 October) that Prince Charles, The Royal Highnesses The Prince of Wales and Camilla, The Duchess of Cornwall will make a three day official visit to Sri Lanka from Thursday 14th to Saturday 16th November 2013. […]
– by Janaka Alahapperuma – pix by: Sudath Silva – President Mahinda Rajapaksa called on Chief Incumbent of the Mallikarama Viharaya in Ratmalana, Rajakeeya Pandith, Vinaya Visharadha Dhammakeerthi, Most Venerable Weligama Sri Gnanarathana Nayaka thero whose 101st birthday fell on 14 October. The President visited the Mallikarama Viharaya to look into the well being of […]
UNP MP Mangala Samaraweera surrendered to the Matara police through his lawyers a short while ago. The Matara Magistrate court ordered the arrest of 11 persons including Samaraweera yesterday over the clash between two groups of UNP supporters in Matara on October 5 which left several persons injured. […]
– by Janaka Alahapperuma – Another highly successful blood donation campaign was organised by the Security Forces Head Quarters in Jaffna (SF-J) recently to mark the 64th anniversary of the Sri Lanka Army, responding to a blood necessity of the Jaffna Teaching Hospital blood bank. […]
Minister of Resettlement, Gunaratne Weerakon, has ordered the controversial association, Sihala Ravaya, out from Kurundugahahethekma, after a group led by a controversial monk held a protest against a Muslim businessman opening a business establishment in the town. Pandemonium reigned in the Kurundugahahethekma town within the Elpitiya Police Division in the Galle District on Saturday (12) […]
Prince Charles has offered to help in the effort to win justice for a British man who was murdered in Sri Lanka on Christmas Eve 2011, according to a report in The Guardian/The Observer yesterday. It said: The high-profile case of Khuram Shaikh, a 32-year-old Red Cross worker from Rochdale who was killed in 2011, […]
Private bus fares will be increased by 7 per cent with effect from November 01, Minister of Private Transport Services C. B. Rathnayake said yesterday. A statement issued by the ministry states that relevant cabinet paper submitted by the Minister has been granted approval. […]
– by Janaka Alahapperuma – Pix by: Sudath Silva – H.E. Ambassador Nawalage Bennet Cooray officially assumed duties as Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to the Italian Republic at the Embassy of Sri Lanka on 09th October. He will present credentials to H.E the President of Italy, Giorgio Napolitano at the Quirinale- Presidential Palace in Rome in […]
– by Janaka Alahapperuma – Pix by: Chandana Perera – The newly built seven storied building for Bikku hostel of the Sunethra Devi Pirivena in Pepiliyana was vested in the Bikku community this afternoon (10 October) under the patronage of President Mahinda Rajapaksa. The new hostel will accommodate student bikkus from different parts of the […]