Category: Local News

The Attorney General Dappula de Livera has received Volume 01 of the report of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) that investigated the Easter Sunday terror attacks from the President’s Secretary, the AG’s Coordinating Officer said.

Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage has been acquitted by the Colombo High Court over the misappropriation of Rs. 3.9 million belonging to the Sri Lanka Freedom Labour Congress.

The Government tabled the final report of the Presidential Commission which probed the Easter Sunday attacks in Parliament today (25).

Two individuals, who were in possession of 45kg of heroin, have been taken into custody in the area of Horana.

Minister Rohitha Abeygunawardene, part of the six-member committee appointed by the President to study the report by the Presidential Commission of Inquiry on the Easter Sunday attacks, says all those responsible for the Easter bombings will be brought to book.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has vowed to support judicial proceedings in other countries against perpetrators of grave human rights violations in Sri Lanka, after the Government had effectively closed the door to achieving justice locally for alleged war time abuses.

A mechanism is in place to ensure the job security of private sector employees, Labour Minister Nimal Siripala De Silva said yesterday (24) in Parliament.

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

The government has decided to bring the Muthurajawela Wetlands under the purview of the Ministry of Environment and the Urban Development Authority (UDA).

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa says those who have been recruited under the 100,000 employment opportunities programme will not be absorbed into the cadre of  the Department of Health Services.

Sri Lanka on Tuesday (23) urged the UN Human Rights Council to reject a forthcoming resolution voicing “serious concern” over the “deteriorating” rights situation in the country.

Sri Lanka and Pakistan inked several pacts ranging from tourism, investment, technology to education while reaching a mutual consensus for information as part of an ambitious action plan to curb arms and drug smuggling yesterday during bilateral talks between Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan.

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan arrived in Sri Lanka a short while ago on a two day-visit.

Minister of Urban Development & Housing, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has advised the Urban Development Authority to take appropriate measures to develop Kolonnawa which has not been properly developed for many years.

The Indian government has allowed Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s aircraft to use its airspace for his visit to Sri Lanka, Indian media reported.

A consignment of 500,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is expected on Thursday night from Serum Institute of India, Acting Health Minister and Production, Supply and Regulation of Pharmaceuticals State Minister Channa Jayasumana said yesterday.