News Room : President gives directives to resolve issues affecting tourism industry
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has instructed relevant officials to work through a planned program to achieve the expected tourism goals of 2023 by promoting the tourism industry, the President s Media Division (PMD) says. MORE..
News Room : UK quietly sends back some Lankan asylum seekers “voluntarily” as Australia issues dire warning – The Island
Global Tamil Forum skirts the issue By Shamindra Ferdinando The Global Tamil Forum (GTF) wouldn’t get involved in the ongoing controversy over the UK decision to move Sri Lankans, seeking to settle in the UK, to what the government called ‘a safe third country,’ unless they returned to Sri Lanka ‘voluntarily’. About 120 Sri Lankans are believed to be housed in a...
News Room : Dual citizens can’t contest elections – The Island
Global Tamil Forum skirts the issue By Shamindra Ferdinando The Global Tamil Forum (GTF) wouldn’t get involved in the ongoing controversy over the UK decision to move Sri Lankans, seeking to settle in the UK, to what the government called ‘a safe third country,’ unless they returned to Sri Lanka ‘voluntarily’. About 120 Sri Lankans are believed to be housed in a...
News Room : Cumbersome investment laws to be revised to make country attractive to investors – The Island
Global Tamil Forum skirts the issue By Shamindra Ferdinando The Global Tamil Forum (GTF) wouldn’t get involved in the ongoing controversy over the UK decision to move Sri Lankans, seeking to settle in the UK, to what the government called ‘a safe third country,’ unless they returned to Sri Lanka ‘voluntarily’. About 120 Sri Lankans are believed to be housed in a...
News Room : Sri Lanka to asses Nissanka and Madushan injuries today – The Island
In many ways, Australia’s preparation for their T20 title defence has felt like a contradiction. In all probability the XI that takes the field at the SCG on Saturday (weather permitting) will be the one that has appeared likely for quite some time, with Tim David replacing Steven Smith from the last T20 World Cup. So while that projects a...
News Room : SL could be next victim – CMLS – The Island
Global Tamil Forum skirts the issue By Shamindra Ferdinando The Global Tamil Forum (GTF) wouldn’t get involved in the ongoing controversy over the UK decision to move Sri Lankans, seeking to settle in the UK, to what the government called ‘a safe third country,’ unless they returned to Sri Lanka ‘voluntarily’. About 120 Sri Lankans are believed to be housed in a...
News Room : If I was Justice Minister I would not let my son represent Thilini Priyamali : Maithri Gunaratne PC
Maithri Gunaratne PC appearing for the aggrieved party Abdul Sattar, in the Thilini Priyamali fraud case says had he been Minister of Justice he would not have allowed his son to represent the fraudster in courts. Gunaratne appearing in a Youtube interview with a popular television journalist confirmed Attorney Rakitha Rajapakshe representing Priyamali is in fact the son of...
News Room : Committee report on restructuring energy sector to be submitted to National Council soon
Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera has informed the National Council that the report of the committee for the restructuring of the energy sector would be submitted within two weeks. MORE..
News Room : 14-hour water cut for parts of Colombo cancelled
The water cut scheduled for parts of Colombo tomorrow has been cancelled, the National Water Supply Drainage Board (NWSDB) says. MORE..
News Room : Indian Navy fires at suspicious boat near Indo-Sri Lanka IMBL
The Indian Navy on Friday intercepted a ‘suspicious’ boat on the Palk Bay. The boat was observed by the Indian Navy ship on patrol in Palk Bay near the India Sri Lanka International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) in the early...