Category: Local News

Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa yesterday (20) raised concerns in Parliament over the issue of the victims of micro finance debt traps.

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Parliamentarian Diana Gamage has called for the legalisation of marijuana cultivation in Sri Lanka to increase foreign exchange inflow.

Parliamentarian Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe’s son arrested over an accident at Rajagiriya where 4 persons were injured last night, police said.

Security will be beefed up for the religious and other ceremonies to mark the second anniversary of the Easter Sunday attacks, which falls tomorrow, Police Spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana said.

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) of India on Monday seized nearly 340 kg of heroin from a Sri Lankan shipping boat and arrested five people for drug trafficking in Kochi, Indian media reported.

His Eminence Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, Archbishop of Colombo, today requested the public to observe two minutes’ silence at 8.45 a.m. on April 21 as a mark of respect for the victims of the Easter Sunday bombings.

The Sri Lankan Rupee has further appreciated against the US Dollar today (19).

Parliamentarian Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka says if the Port City project is carried out in a stringent manner, it can be an asset to the country.

The Government says the proposed fake news law is currently being discussed by the Cabinet.

Main Opposition Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) yesterday exposed serious flaws in the new Government’s plans for the ambitious and multibillion dollar Port City project and called for inclusion of proper regulation to make it a success.

The 21 April 2019, Easter Sunday bombings appears to have been carried out by a certain group to further strengthen their political power, claimed Catholic Archbishop of Colombo, Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith.

The JVP says the present government is acting in a manner that it can divide the country in several sections and sell them to foreign entities since it managed to liberate the country from separatists.

The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) will take action against the outbursts of MP Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe who criticised the proposed Port City Bill as an attempt to create a Chinese colony within Sri Lanka.

A Five Judge bench of Supreme Court was appointed yesterday to consider the petitions filed challenging the Colombo Port City Economic Commission Bill.

JVP Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Friday (16) said, the party filed a petition at the Supreme Court requesting an order that the Colombo Port City Economic Commission Bill requires a referendum

The government will not hand over the Colombo Port City to China through the Port City Economic Commission Bill.