Monday 27th January, 2025
Daisy Achchi’s estate is in the news again. A son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa has been arrested over an issue related to it. A bag of gems belonging to Daisy Achchi received much publicity during...
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Tamil Progressive Alliance Leader and SJB MP Mano Ganesan said the Government is systematically refusing to adequately incorporate the Opposition in the Parliamentary Standing Committees, Caucuses and Foreign Friendship Associations.
Taking to X, Ganesan said in the past, the JVP...
By Lalith Chaminda and S.K. Kaluarachchi Director of Karapitiya National Hospital, Specialist Dr. S.D.U.M. Ranga, has revealed that approximately 74 members of the hospital staff have contracted dengue fever over the past month.He said that doctors, nurses, and junior...
Former President Maithripala Sirisena has urged the government to accelerate the construction of canals to divert excess water from the Moragahakanda and Kalu Ganga reservoirs to Anuradhapura and the North Western Province. He has emphasised the urgent need to...
Reports that Adani’s 484 MW wind power projects in Mannar and Pooneryn have been cancelled are false and misleading, a spokesperson for the Adani Group has said.
“We categorically state that the project has not been cancelled. The Sri Lankan...
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National People’s Power MP Aravinda Senarath was elected as the new Chair of the Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) yesterday. He was elected during the inaugural meeting of the Committee held for the first session of the Tenth Parliament.
Senarath’s...
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Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath stated that the Government emphasises that Sri Lanka will not allow its territory to be used for separatist activities by any country. “Sri Lanka will not permit its land to be used for China’s separatist...
At least 76 people have been killed in a fire that engulfed a popular Turkish ski resort hotel, leaving some to jump out of windows.
The fire broke out at the wooden-clad 12-storey Grand Kartal Hotel in Bolu at 03:27...
by Ifham Nizam
Sri Lanka’s decision to grant permission for an Adani Group renewable energy project has raised significant concerns among environmentalists, economists, and the local communities.
Environmental Scientist Hemantha Withanage told The Island, immediately after launching the South Asia Just...
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Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya told Parliament yesterday that no NPP MP has been provided with a vehicle except for the visually impaired MP Sugath Wasantha De Silva.
She said that the Presidential Secretariat has provided a car to MP...