News Room : Cabinet approves proposal to amend Motor Traffic Act to allow electric trishaws
The Cabinet of Ministers on Monday approved a proposal presented by the Minister of Transport and Highways Bandula Gunawardana to amend the existing provisions of the Motor Traffic Act to provide for the registration of electric three-wheelers. Cabinet spokesman Bandula Gunawardena told reporters on Tuesday that electrically charged batteries were used to manufacture electric three-wheelers and the tare weight of...
News Room : Sun directly overhead Maggona, Badureliya , Godakawela , Kitulkote and Meegahaveraliya at about 12.09 noon today (06)
On the apparent southward relative motion of the sun, it is going to be directly over the latitudes of Sri Lanka during 28th of August to 07th of September in this year. The nearest towns of Sri Lanka over which the sun is overhead today (06th) are Maggona, Badureliya , Godakawela , Kitulkote and Meegahaveraliya about 12.09 noon.
News Room : Showers above 50mm are likely in the Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Galle, Matara and Nuwara Eliya districts – The Island
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 05 September 2023 by the Department of Meteorology Showers or thundershowers will occur at times in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Southern, Central and North-western provinces. Fairly heavy showers above 50mm are likely at some places in Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Galle, Matara and Nuwara Eliya districts. A few showers are likely in Jaffna,...
News Room : Putin, Erdogan discuss Black Sea grain deal
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan have said they discussed ways to revive the Black Sea Grain deal which Moscow quit in July. Putin said that Russia was ready to revive the grain export deal “as soon” as restrictions on its own exports were lifted. (Aljazeera)
News Room : Head, Abbott, Stoinis subdue South Africa to seal 3-0 win for Australia
Australia swept the T20I series 3-0 with another dominant performance in Durban. They completed their sixth-highest successful chase in the format after South Africa recovered from 122 for 6 in the 14th over to post a competitive target but then dropped four catches in defence. Travis Head (on 53 and 55) and Josh Inglis (on 12 and 40) were put...
News Room : Fuel rationing suspended from Sept. 1 says Kanchana – The Island
ECONOMYNEXT –The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) invites MPs from all parties to form a common alliance, former president and SLFP chairman Maithripala Sirisena said, also suggesting that he is open to running for president again. Speaking to reporters in Colombo on Thursday August 31 after a party meeting, Sirisena said there is a chance he might be asked to...
News Room : Sri Lanka set aside their worst fears – The Island
by Rex Clementine at Pallekele There’s a fair bit to be done for Sri Lanka to get back to their glory days in cricket, but you can safely say that the team has a taken huge strides to achieve that target. Yes, the drubbing by Pakistan at SSC and in Galle are still fresh in memories but Test cricket...
News Room : Singapore picks a president who could’ve been much more – The Island
On Friday, the former top minister won a record 70.4% of the votes, comfortably beating two other candidates in the country’s first contested presidential election in more than a decade. Tharman Shanmugaratnam was always the clear front-runner. Urbane, well-spoken and intelligent, he is highly regarded by Singaporeans and consistently polls as one of the island’s most popular politicians. Which was...
News Room : Proud Boys leader Joe Biggs sentenced to 17 years for Capitol riot
A leader of the far-right Proud Boys has been sentenced to 17 years in prison, one of the longest sentences yet handed out over the US Capitol riot. Prosecutors said US Army veteran Joe Biggs, 38, was an “instigator” of the storming of Congress on 6 January 2021. The former Infowars correspondent was convicted of seditious conspiracy and other charges...
News Room : Mitchell Marsh, Tim David set up Australia’s massive victory
Mitchell Marsh made a scintillating captaincy debut as he smashed an unbeaten 92, and added a marauding fifth-wicket stand with Tim David to set up Australia’s whopping 111 run victory in the first T20I against South Africa in Durban. Chasing Australia’s 226/6, South Africa crashed and burned their way to getting bowled out for just 115 – with debutant leg...