Category: Local News

The Presidential Commission of Inquiry probing Easter Sunday attacks handed over its final report to the Sri Lanka President a short while ago.

A school teacher in Kaltota was arrested in connection with the death of a schoolgirl who drowned while bathing with 14 other students in the Walawe River.

United National Party (UNP) Leader and former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday called for a South Asian centre for virus research and disease control to be established in Sri Lanka, pointing out that Sri Lanka and the region needs to be better prepared to face any future health crisis.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said a policy decision has to be taken to legalise the cannabis in Sri Lanka in order to develop it as a medicinal crop in the future.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has accepted a proposal by 22 port trade unions aimed at resolving a crisis over the proposed handing over of the East Container Terminal (ECT) at the Colombo harbour to India’s Adani Group.

Sri Lanka will not be governed according to the dictates of other countries and organisations, Highways Minister Johnston Fernando said.

Three more COVID-19 related deaths have been reported in Sri Lanka, the Department of Government Information confirmed a short while ago.

Three persons were killed when a car veered off the road and crashed into a concrete pillar near the Air Force Camp in Ekala, Ja-Ela, police said.

A gazette notification has been issued banning the use of several plastic and polyethene products from the 31st of March 2021.

The JVP says Sri Lanka should retain absolute ownership of all Container Terminals of the Colombo Harbour.

An extraordinary gazette was issued yesterday (30) declaring the operations of the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) as essential services.

Eight more COVID-19 related deaths have been reported in Sri Lanka, the Department of Government Information confirmed a short while ago.

Minister of Industries Wimal Weerawansa will be leading a special discussion today (January 30) on the issue pertaining to the Eastern Container Terminal of Colombo Port.

Leader of the JVP Anura Kumara Dissanayake says a series of island wide protests have been organised from Monday against the government’s decision to vest a stake of the East Container Terminal of the Colombo Port to an Indian firm.

The Samagi Jana Balawegaya yesterday said it was happy that India had donated 500,000 Covid-19 vaccines, but SJB General Secretary, MP Ranjith Maddumabandara told The Island that the East Container Terminal of the Colombo Port should not be bartered for the vaccine.

Jaffna District MP and former Chief Minister of the Northern Province, C.V. Wigneswaran, welcomed Minister Admiral Sarath Weerasekara’s suggestion that youth above 18 years be given military training.