News Room : Presidential Expert Committee Submits Final Report on Public Service Salary Increases – The Island
The final report of the Presidential Expert Committee, which includes recommendations for increasing public service salaries and allowances effective January 1, 2025, was presented to President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Tuesday (03) at the Presidential Secretariat by the Committee Chairman, Udaya R. Seneviratne, along with other committee members. Chairman Udaya R. Seneviratne stated that the report was prepared in alignment with...
News Room : Indonesia legislature scraps election law changes after protests – The Island
Chairman of the Expert Committee on Public Service Salary Disparities, Udaya R. Seneviratne said that the basic salary of public service employees will be increased by a minimum of 24% for primary-level service categories. Salaries will gradually increase from an average of 24% to 50%, for all government officials depending on current fiscal feasibility he added. Mr. Seneviratne further said...
News Room : Light showers will occur in Western, Sabaragamuwa and North-western provinces and in Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya, Galle and Matara districts – The Island
The National Building Research Organization (NBRO) has issued landslide early warnings to the districts of Colombo, Galle, Kalutara, Kegalle, Nuwara-Eliya and Rathnapura effective from 1600hrs today (20th August) to 1600hrs on Wednesday (21st August) Accordingly, Level II landslide early warnings have been issued to the Divisional Secretariat divisions and surrounding areas of Ingiriya and Bulathsinhala in the Kalutara district, Ruwanwella, Deraniyagala, ...
News Room : Divers find five bodies in wreck of Sicily yacht
Divers searching the wreckage of a super yacht which sank off the coast of Sicily on Monday have found the bodies of five of the six missing passengers, and recovered four of them to shore. The Italian Coastguard has not formally identified the bodies which have been brought up from the wreck of the Bayesian – but rescuers have spent...
News Room : EC striving to ensure equal opportunities for all candidates – The Island
March 12 Movement expands live debate, ready to accept all 39 candidates By Shamindra Ferdinando Jana Aragala Sandhanaya (JAS) has questioned President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s contradictory positions on the Supreme Court order that an Acting IGP be appointed pending the conclusion of the fundamental rights applications filed against Deshabandu Tennakoon, and the subsequent unseating of MPs Manusha Nanayakkara and Harin Fernando. JAS spokesman...
News Room : How genocidal violence and ultra-nationalism could be inseparables – The Island
By Prof.Kirthi Tennakone Humans are not united as a species. Divisions based on geography, ethnicity, coloir, religion, opinions and other attributes present everywhere dominate the social and political dynamics of the world. Nobody knows why this happens: a naïve explanation is that birds of the same feather flock together. A person feels more comfortable when he or she associates with people...
News Room : Samoa’s Darius Visser breaks men’s T20I records with 39 runs in an over
Samoa batter Darius Visser has broken the men’s T20I record for most runs in an over, against Vanuatu in the T20 World Cup East Asia-Pacific Region Qualifier in Apia on Tuesday. Visser finished with a score of 132 off 62 balls. In just his third T20I, Visser, 28, smashed six sixes in a 39-run over from Nalin Nipko. It was...
News Room : Weather warning: Adequate precautions are needed to minimize damages caused by temporary localized strong winds and lightning during thundershowers.
Showers or thundershowers will sometimes occur in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Southern and North-western provinces and Kandy and Nuwara-Eliya districts. Fairly heavy showers above 75 mm are likely at some places in Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and Galle and Matara districts. Showers or thundershowers will occur at several places in Eastern, Uva and North-Central Provinces during the evening or night. Fairly strong winds of about...
News Room : 100th birth anniversary of Justice E.A.D. Atukorale
Religious observances will be held on 25th August 2024 to mark the 100th Birth Anniversary of the late legal luminary Ebetota Atukoralage Dharmasena Atukorale, well known as E.A.D. Atukorale, who hailed from Batugedera, Ratnapura, . A product of Ananda College, the late Justice Atukorale excelled in his studies and sports. He entered the Ceylon Law College and was called to...
News Room : Debate among presidential candidates on the cards
By Rathindra Kuruwita The March 12 Movement is planning to host a debate, for the first time in history, among six leading candidates contesting the Presidential Election. Rohana Hettiarachchi, Executive Director of People’s Action for Free & Fair Elections (PAFFREL), told The Island yesterday (19) that the six candidates had been chosen because they had already started their campaigning and have support from MPs...