Courtesy Adaderana Litro Gas Lanka Limited has been given the nod to unload one of the two latest shipments of liquefied petroleum gas. Earlier this week, the Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) directed Litro Gas not to unload the latest shipment of LP gas as it does not comply with the SLSI standards.  Ada Derana had […]

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Courtesy Hiru News It is reported that the government is focusing on a cabinet reshuffle early next year. Sources stated that several top ministerial posts will be changed accordingly. Meanwhile, political sources stated to the Hiru News team that the President had stated during a recent discussion that he was not happy with the way […]

Courtesy Adaderana The daily count of COVID-19 cases confirmed in Sri Lanka moved to 695 today (December 18) as 187 more people were tested positive for the virus, the Epidemiology Unit said. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 579,134. As many as 547,182 recoveries and 14,734 […]

තිසර සමල්  – අනුරාධපුර පොහොර නොමැතිකම හේතුවෙන් මෙවර වී අස්වැන්න 80% කින් පමණ අඩු විය හැකි බවත්,බුසල් 100 ක්  අක්කරයට ගන්න පුලුවන් නම් මේ පාර බුසල් 20-25 ක් තියෙයි.ඒ ටිකත් වැඩක් නෑ හාපු කුලිය දෙනකොට ඉවරයි.හාන්න රුපියල් 12000 යි අක්කරයට,කපන්න 12000 යි,එතකොට ණය විතරයි.කෑමටවත් වී ටික මේ කන්නේ ලබා ගන්න බැරි වුණොත් අපි ඔක්කොම ඉවරයි යැයි අනුරාධපුර තිරප්පනය […]

Nick Triggle Health correspondent Courtesy BBC The UK has reported its highest number of daily infections since the pandemic began, and England’s chief medical officer has warned that more Covid records will be broken. Speaking at a Downing Street news briefing, Prof Chris Whitty said the Omicron variant was moving at a phenomenal pace and […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, Dec 17 (newsin.asia) – Spider-Man: No Way Home is already breaking records post-pandemic with immense response kicking in from cinema fans across Sri Lanka. The latest Marvel instalment, Spider-Man: No Way Home is one of the most anticipated films of the year, and fans eager to avoid spoilers are expected to arrive […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island A group led by Cabinet ministers Vasudeva Nanayakkara, Wimal Weerawansa and Udaya Gammanpila campaigning against the Yugadanavi deal is holding a public meeting today (14) at Eheliyagoda to step up pressure on the government to scrap the questionable deal. The group launched its campaign on 29 October at the […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Attorney General today (December 17) informed the Supreme Court that affidavits filed by three ministers with regard to the Fundamental Rights (FR) petitions challenging the Yugadanavi Power Plant agreement are unconstitutional. The affidavits had been submitted by Ministers Vasudeva Nanayakkara, Wimal Weerawansa and Udaya Gammanpila. The petitions were called before Supreme Court’s […]

Courtesy Adaderana The daily count of COVID-19 cases confirmed in Sri Lanka moved to 715 today (December 17) as 177 more people were tested positive for the virus, the Epidemiology Unit said. This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country to 578,439. As many as 546,839 recoveries and 14,720 […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Public Service Commission on Friday (December 17) insisted that it has not directed the Health Ministry’s Secretary to pay the arrears of Dr. Shafi Shihabdeen who was sent on compulsory leave from May 24, 2019, over allegations of performing illegal sterilization operations. However, the Health Ministry reiterated that the Director of Kurunegala […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Court of Appeal has directed the two largest suppliers of liquefied petroleum gas in Sri Lanka – Litro Gas Lanka Limited and Laugfs Gas PLC – to only distribute products that are in compliance with the standards approved by Sri Lanka Standards Institution (SLSI). This interim order was issued by Appeals Court […]

Courtesy Hiru News Companies that import chemical fertilizers stated that farmers will have to pay 30 to 40 percent more for other crops, including paddy, as the government will no longer subsidize chemical fertilizers. Sujeewa Walisundera, Secretary of the Special Fertilizer Importers’ Association, stated that the government has not yet paid around Rs. 27 billion […]

Courtesy Hiru News Secretary to the Ministry of Technology Jayantha De Silva stated that he has given permission to unload Litro gas. He stated this after he tested the gas samples on board the ship. The filling and distribution of gas cylinders will commence as usual from tomorrow (18), Litro Gas said. Litro stated that […]

Courtesy Hiru News A special discussion on the gas crisis is scheduled to be held on 21 December under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa. It is reported that the ministers in charge of the subject, as well as the heads of the gas companies, are scheduled to participate in the discussion and a […]

Pathfinder Perspective Sri Lanka is facing what is arguably its most challenging external financing crisis. Gross Official Reserves have declined to USD 1.6 bn as at end-November. Repayments over the subsequent 12 months amount to about USD 7 billion. The authorities have responded with import and capital controls as well as a fixed exchange rate […]

Prime Minister’s Media Unit The visiting U.N. Assistant Secretary-General Kanni Wignaraja called on Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa last evening at Temple Trees and discussed a range of issues, including Sri Lanka’s vaccination program. You have a very good vaccine program,” Ms. Wignaraja said. After mention of the fact that Sri Lanka has also started administering […]

තරුණ හා ක්‍රීඩා අමාත්‍යාංශය, සංවර්ධන සම්බන්ධීකරණ අමාත්‍යාංශය,ඩිජිටල් තාක්ෂණ හා ව්‍යවසාය සංවර්ධන රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍යාංශය. පළාත් මට්ටමේ පාසල් සත් සාමාජික රග්බි තරගාවලියට ඩයලොග් ආසියාටා පුද්ගලික සමාගමේ පූර්ණ අනුග්‍රාහකත්වය ලබාදීම සම්බන්ධව දැනුම්වත් කිරීමේ මාධ්‍ය හමුවට එක්වෙමින් ඊයේ (14) දින තරුණ හා ක්‍රීඩා අමාත්‍යාංශයේ ඩන්කන් වයිට් ශ්‍රවණාගාරයේ දී අමාත්‍ය නාමල් රාජපක්ෂ මහතා මේ බව පැවසීය. මෙම සත් සාමාජික රග්බි […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ආයෝජන මණ්ඩලයට ලක්ෂ ගණන් වැටුප් ගෙවා අලුත් සාමාජිකයන් බඳවා ගෙන ඇති බවත් කෝප් කමිටුව මේ පිළිබඳව ප්‍රශ්න කළ බවත් විපක්ෂ නායක සජිත් ප්‍රේමදාස මහතා පැවසීය. මේ රටේ බදු ගෙවන ජනතාවගේ මුදලින් නඩත්තු වෙන එම නිලධාරීන් ආයෝජනය මණ්ඩලය බලාපොරොත්තුවන ඉල්ලක්ක සපුරා ඇත්දැයි කෝප් කමිටුව සොයා බැලූ බවත් ඒ හේතුකොටගෙන ආණ්ඩුවේ ඉහළ […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Prorogation of Parliament by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has sparked a political debate with many interpreting it in different ways. It appears to have caused dissension within the government with MP Anura Priyadarshana Yapa being skeptical about the move and making remarks openly. Every President who served in the past prorogued Parliament, but the […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Supporters of Sri Lanka’s President-elect Gotabaya Rajapaksa cheer near the Election Commission office in Colombo [S Kodikara/AFP] Before the Covid-19 pandemic, Sri Lanka was infested by a pandemic of a different kind: An outbreak of borderline racism and boundless populist irrationality. The carriers and incubators of that pathogen are now the stakeholders […]

Courtesy Hiru News The Sri Lanka Standards Institution has convened a special meeting on 20 December to decide on the composition of a domestic gas cylinder. Manohara Jayasinghe, Senior State Counsel appearing for the Consumer Affairs Authority and the Sri Lanka Standards Institution, made this statement when the petition filed seeking an inquiry into the […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Governor of Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Ajith Nivard Cabraal today (December 16) cleared the air about the rumours that claimed there has been a change in exchange rate policy. In a tweet, the CBSL chief dismissed the rumours as ‘fake’.

Courtesy Adaderana The Ministry of Health has given instructions to pay the salary arrears of Dr. Shafi Shihabdeen who was sent on compulsory leave from May 24, 2019, over allegations of performing illegal sterilization operations. This was conveyed in a letter directed to the Director of the Kurunegala Teaching Hospital by the Secretary to the […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Supreme Court has postponed the hearing of Fundamental Rights (FR) petitions challenging the Yugadanavi Power Plant agreement until 10.00 a.m. tomorrow (December 16). The applications were called before a five-judge bench consisting of Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya and Supreme Court Justices Buwaneka Aluvihare, Priyantha Jayawardena, Vijith Malalgoda and L.T.B. Dehideniya is taking […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Colombo High Court today ordered to acquit and release interdicted Magistrate Thilina Gamage from the case filed over the illegal possession of an elephant calf. Delivering the decision today, Colombo High Court Judge Damith Thotawatte stated that the prosecution has failed to prove the allegations against the defendant Thilina Gamage beyond a […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Agriculture Ministry and the Health Ministry have decided to set up a special task force to study and submit a report on the effects of chemical pesticides and fertilizers on humans. The decision was taken at a meeting chaired by Ministers Keheliya Rambukwella and Mahindananda Aluthgamage at the Health Ministry. During the […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Health Ministry reports that 758 new coronavirus positive cases have been identified within today (16). The new cases include 03 returnees from overseas while the total number of Covid-19 infected patients currently undergoing treatment is 16,528. The tally of confirmed cases of Covid-19 detected in the country climbs to 577,724 with this. […]

By Rohana R. Wasala The lesson taught by the failure of our parliament to register a prompt united response of unqualified condemnation against the occurrence of the Sialkot savagery committed in the name of religion should never be forgotten by all patriotic Sri Lankans. My hunch is that ordinary Sri Lankans whose hearts bled for […]

තිසර සමල් – එප්පාවල කාබනික වගාව ප්‍රචලිත කිරීමේ අරමුණින් අනුරාධපුර මිහින්තලය ගොවිජන සේවා බල ප්‍රදේශයේ ගොවි සංවිධාන වෙත තණ කොළ කපන යන්ත්‍ර බෙදා දීම රාජ්‍යය අමාත්‍යය දුමින්ද දිසානායක මහතාගේ ප්‍රධානත්වයෙන් සිදු කෙරිණි. වත්මන් ආණ්ඩුවේ සෞභාග්‍යයේ දැක්ම ප්‍රථිපත්ති ප්‍රකාශනයට අනුව කාබනික වගාව ප්‍රචලිත කිරීමේ අරමුණින් වල් මර්ධනය කිරීම සදහා වල් නාශක කෘමිනාශක භාවිතය අවම කරවීම මෙහි […]