Bus fares of both the private and State services will go up by 7% with effect from today, the National Transport Commission (NTC), said. However, the minimum bus fare, which is Rs 9 at present, will not be increased. Following numerous demands of bus owners, that also included two countrywide bus strikes, the Ministry of […]
The Commonwealth Film Festival will begin Nov. 5 with the screening of Sri Lanka’s “Sameege Kathawa,” which won the Best Actor Award at the New York City International Film Festival 2013. Films from seventeen Commonwealth countries will be screened at the National Film Corporation Theatre in Colombo. Movie-goers will be able to watch these films […]
Murdered Thavisha Lakindu Peiris on his graduation day Credit: South Yorkshire Police The External Affairs Ministry yesterday called for a comprehensive report on the killing of a Sri Lankan Student in Yorkshire, England. The Ministry has informed the Sri Lankan mission in London to look into every detail with regard to the murder and the […]
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will be meeting his top political advisers to decide on whether he will travel to Sri Lanka for the CHOGM on November 15. Quite apart from the noise being made by Tamil political parties, almost everybody else will advise the PM to go. […]
Vice Admiral Jayanath Colombage has been appointed as Chairman of the Ceylon Shipping Corporation (CSC) in addition to his present duties as the Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy. Colombage, Sri Lanka’s 18th Navy Commander, will take over from Kanchana Ratwatte who was named as Chairman for the national line Ceylon Shipping Corporation Ltd. (CSC) […]
A SRI Lankan pizza delivery man who came to England to earn money to support his family has been murdered while out working in South Yorkshire. Thavisha Peiris, who moved to Sheffield two-and-a-half years ago to study at university, was found dead late on Sunday night. Police have launched a murder investigation over the death […]
Government doctors have threatened to launch a countrywide strike on Nov. 4 over the delay in implementing the service minute. Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) media spokesman Dr. Navin de Soysa yesterday warned the government that his organization had decided to launch the strike due to the constant delay in implementing the service minute, which […]