News Room : Only delivery can save govts.
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 the Yahapalana government (2015-2019), whose allies including the JVP dismissed her claims about how she inherited her property as a...
News Room : Govt sidelining Opposition from House Committees now – Ganesan
90 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 campaigned with the rest of the Opposition to obtain chair positions in the parliamentary committees. “JVP MP Sunil Handunnetti chaired the...
News Room : Dengue challenge in Galle
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 staff members who fell ill with dengue were treated at the hospital itself. He noted that the infections were likely contracted...
News Room : Sirisena urges swift action to complete water diversion canals
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 address flood damage in the Polonnaruwa District caused by the recent heavy rains. Polonnaruwa has been severely impacted, with crops destroyed,...
News Room : Adani says its power projects not cancelled
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 Cabinet’s decision of 2 Jan., 2025, to reevaluate the tariff approved in May 2024 is part of a standard review...
News Room : NPP MP Aravinda Senarath elected COPA Chairman
94 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 name was proposed as the Chair by MP Chandana Sooriyaarachchi and was seconded by MP Susantha Kumara Nawarathna, both representing...
News Room : SL will not allow its territory to be used for separatist activities by any country – Foreign Minister
100 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 activities and that China has pledged to intervene against any actions that harm Sri Lanka’s sovereignty and territorial integrity”. During a...
News Room : Firefighters battle huge blaze near Los Angeles as winds pick up – The Island
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 local time (00:27 GMT) during a busy holiday period when 234 people were staying there. An initial toll of 10 dead...
News Room : Proposed Adani energy project neither green nor clean: Environmentalist – The Island
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 Transition Alliance Report on three cross border energy projects in South Asia in Nepal, that despite its portrayal as a clean energy...
News Room : Only the visually impaired NPP MP given vehicle – PM
93 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 Sugath Wasantha de Silva as a special need but a driver or fuel has not been provided for him. She said...