Category: Local News

The committee appointed to study and provide recommendations pertaining to the proposed 20th Amendment to the Constitution has handed over its report to Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa.

Four persons including two women arrested while transporting 52kgs of Kerala Cannabis and 920 kgs of Turmeric from Uyilankulam, Puthukudiyiruppu area.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has instructed officials to implement a short-term and long-term plan in collaboration with the public, private sectors and small-scale farmers to meet the local demand for liquid milk.

The results of blood tests and X-rays submitted by applicants when seeking driving licences will no longer be required from today, Transport State Minister Dilum Amunugama said.

The United Nations human rights chief said on Monday that she is troubled that the new Government of Sri Lanka is “swiftly reneging on its commitments” to the Human Rights Council since it withdrew its support for resolution 30/1.

The committee appointed to study the proposed 20th Amendment will present their conclusions and recommendations to Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa today, as well as at the Cabinet meeting tomorrow.

Former MP Ruwan Wijewardene has been elected as the Deputy Leader of the United National Party (UNP) defeating Ravi Karunanayake in the secret ballot.

Another patient who tested positive for the Coronavirus has died today, marking the 13th death reported in Sri Lanka due to COVID-19.

The Presidential Commission probing Easter Sunday attacks today ordered the police to obtain the personal phone used by former SIS Director SDIG Nilantha Jayawardena.

The United National Party (UNP) yesterday called on the Speaker to reconsider his decision to allow Premalal Jayasekara, who was convicted of murder, to take oaths as a Member of Parliament.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has requested the Viyathmaga organisation to provide its inputs and support the programmes and the progression of the present administration.

A special program to enforce the lane law would be held from tomorrow 6 a.m until 10 a.m on Wednesday (16) in selected roads in the Western Province.

Fertiliser shortages and extreme weather have once again triggered a sharp rise in vegetable prices at a time the government is aiming for a ‘waga sangramaya’, or a cultivation revolution.

Irrigation, Internal Security, Home Affairs and Disaster Management Minister, Chamal Rajapaksa unveiled plans to start a new pharmaceuticals factory in the Hambantota district to produce medicines locally.

Two persons have been arrested while in possession of 1kg of heroin, the police said.

Sri Lankan military divers fixed a fuel leak from the engine of a fire-damaged oil tanker off the island’s east coast, the navy said Saturday, in a salvage operation after the huge week-long blaze.