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Colombo District Court issues two enjoining orders against Government Nursing Officers’ Association and its President Saman Ratnapriya ordering to suspend their trade union action.

Parliament sources confirmed today (February 10) that the MP Professor Charitha Herath was appointed as the new Chairman of the Committee On Public Enterprises (COPE).

Eraj Ravindra Fernando, who was involved in the “toy pistol’ case several years ago, has resigned from his post as the Mayor of Hambantota Municipal Council due to personal reasons.

The Bill to amend the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act No. 48 of 1979 was tabled in the parliament today by Foreign Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris.

The island-wide indefinite strike action launched by several trade unions in the health sector including supplementary medical staff and nurses enters the fourth day today (February 10).

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa stated that the ‘Vision of Prosperity’ will be fully implemented within the next three years as promised to the people.

Sri Lanka’s central bank said on Wednesday the country was committed to honouring all forthcoming debt obligations, adding that the island nation was not on the verge of a sovereign default.

The overseas travel ban imposed on Parliamentarian Rishad Bathiudeen in relation to the case being heard over the death of a 16-year-old girl, has been temporarily lifted.

The church worker, Francis Munindran who was under detention orders in connection with the incident in which a hand grenade was found inside All Saints’ Church in Borella, has been released.

The European Union (EU) strongly urged Sri Lanka to lift forthwith import restrictions preventing many European products from entering its market.

The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation has requested the government to increase fuel prices.

Sri Lankans remit around US $ 7.5 billion annually to Sri Lanka but due to some of them channeling these remittances through unauthorized money schemes, Sri Lanka loses US$ 2 billion of these funds.

Cabinet Spokesman Dullas Alahapperuma said roughly 474,000 street lights are installed across the country, with 18,000 street lights in Colombo alone requiring 26 MW to illuminate.

The Agreement signed between Sri Lanka and India to develop the Trincomalee Oil Tank Farm was tabled in Parliament by Energy Minister Udaya Gammanpila today (February 08).

The Special Task Force (STF) of Police has arrested a woman known as Sumedha Samanmali alias ‘Poosi’, the wife of drug trafficker ‘Army Indika’ with 1kgs (1,064g of heroin) of heroin at Hospital Road in Kalubowila last evening (February 07).

SJB Colombo District MP Dr. Harsha De Silva told the media yesterday that the Surcharge Tax Bill contained provisions applicable to the Employees Provident Fund (EPF).