Category: Local News

There were only three education ministers who had a spine to take pragmatic decisions and a vision for national education in Sri Lanka who were C.W.W. Kannangara, I.M.R.A. Iriyagolla and Richard Pathirana, Small Crops Exports Minister Reginald Cooray said. […]

The government will never cut or prune free education and free health services in the country. The people sh ould not entertain any doubts or fears about it. The government will never lay its hands on these two welfare services as long as President Mahinda Rajapaksa remains in power, emphasised Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa […]

Indian ruling parliamentarian Sashi Tharoor talks to the co-founder of Sri Lanka’s leading citizen journalism website Groundviews, Sanjana Hattotuwa in Galle on January 20, 2012. Tharoor, a prize-winning author of 12 books is attending Sri Lanka’s main literary festival in the southern town of Galle. Pix by Getty Images The Galle Literary Festival commenced in […]

The Colombo High Court which heard the ‘Hi- Corp’ case against fomer Army Commander Sarath Fonseka reserved its judgement to February 28 short while ago. When the case was taken up before Colombo High Court Judge Sunil Rajapakshe, the Defence on behalf of theformer Army Commander submitted that the case before the courts was the […]

The government will take measures to grant a pension to Civil Defence Department members, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said . […]

‘The salaries of Cabinet ministers and Supreme Court judges should be on the same scale according to the constitution but the salary increase was given only for judges. No salary increase was given to ministers. President Mahinda Rajapaksa said ‘no’ to such an increase, Cabinet Spokesman and Mass Media and Information Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said. […]

Army Commander Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya said that the Army will form a separate company within its management to carryout development and construction projects at a low cost by following the tender procedure of the government. […]

Nine  persons including students have been injured in an accident which occurred in the Mount Lavinia area. […]

CEB workers’ union say that they will resort to ‘work to rule’ from midnight today (Jan 18) demanding a 45 percent salary hike instead of the 25 percent increment promised by the government. […]

Higher Education Minister S. B. Dissanayake yesterday told Parliament that the Z-score formula was only a mathematical formula and not an invention by Prof R. O. Thattil. […]

The ceremonial release of water into the tunnel of the Upper Kotmale hydro electricity project took place at the auspicious time of 11.20 am yesterday under the patronage of Power and Energy Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka. […]

Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna who is currently on a four day official visit in Sri Lanka said that it was heartening to hear from  the Sri Lankan President  that he was  committed to solve the Sri Lanka’s national problem based on  the 13th  Amendment plus approach. […]

COLOMBO, 17 JANUARY, 2012: Sri Lanka is planning to amend its elections law so as to enable electronic voting, according to China’s Xinhua news agency citing Election Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya on Monday. […]

UNP MP Buddhika Pathirana whose party membership was suspended after being at logger heads with the party hierarchy had come to a truce with the party, General Secretary Tissa Aattanayake said today. […]

Tamil National Alliance, an umbrella group of Tamil political parties, today complained to External Affairs Minister S M Krishna’s about Lankan government’s “lethargic” attitude in talks for evolving a political solution to the ethnic crisis and sought India’s help for “corrective steps”. […]

‘The Police has to play a vital role in the country’s development. The government has given more strength and freedom to the Police to act independently, which is essential to protect peace and harmony in society to successfully realize its development objectives. […]