The European Union is directing over Rs. 48 million (€200,000) in humanitarian funding to provide crucial assistance in response to serous oil and hazardous chemical spills triggered by the fire that broke out on a ship carrying hazardous substances in May.
Nearly a hundred carcasses of turtles with throat and shell damage, as well as a dozen dead dolphins and a blue whale, have washed ashore in Sri Lanka since a container ship burned and sank, raising fears of a severe marine disaster.
The Committee on Public Finance granted approval yesterday (June 21) to issue Rs. 1,000 billion Treasury Bills, under the Local Treasury Bills Ordinance which is scheduled to be presented to Parliament for approval by the Minister of Finance.
The no-confidence motion filed against Minister of Energy Udaya Gammanpila by Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) was handed over to Speaker of the Parliament Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena.
Following the lifting of travel restrictions, eleven deaths have been reported in fatal road accidents in various parts of the country within a period of the last 24 hours, police said.
Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday spoke to his Sri Lankan counterpart Dinesh Gunawardena, covering bilateral issues as well as regional cooperation under seven-nation grouping BIMSTEC.
Two localities in Colombo and Ratnapura districts were placed under isolation orders effective from 6.00 am today (June 22), Army Commander General Shavendra Silva said.
The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) claims that Sri Lanka will be forced to go for unsolicited loans in the future, which means the country will have to borrow black money from certain parties and countries at lower interest rates.
Director General of Health Services Dr. Asela Gunawardena yesterday said that the Heads of Government institutions already gazetted under the Essential Services category should call only the essential number of staff for work.
The members of the committee which was appointed to investigate the price of Liquid Petroleum Gas (LP Gas) today decided not to increase the domestic gas prices, Environment Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said.
The Chairman of the Talawakelle-Lindula Urban Council and six others have been arrested for hosting a party at a private banquet hall near the Upper Kotmale Reservoir in Talawakele today.
