SLPP shoots down proposal to postpone elections
The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), which commands a majority in Parliament, has opposed a proposal to postpone the Presidential and Parliament elections.
SLPP National...
Sarath Amunugama resigns from Dilith’s political party
A key member of businessman Dilith Jayaweera's Mawbima Janatha Party, Dr. Sarath Amunugama, has resigned from the party.
According to News First, Dr. Sarath Amunugama...
Protesters surround Minister’s vehicle near SLPP office
Protesters surrounded Minister Prasanna Ranatunga's vehicle near the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) office and demanded to speak to him.
A small group of protesters...
UNP proposes postponing polls to keep Ranil...
The United National Party (UNP) has proposed postponing the Presidential and Parliament elections to keep President Ranil Wickremesinghe in power.
UNP General Secretary Palitha Range...
Central Bank of Sri Lanka maintains policy...
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka has decided to maintain the Standing Deposit Facility Rate (SDFR) and the Standing Lending Facility Rate (SLFR) at...
Minister Jeevan warns plantation companies
Minister of Water Supply and Estate Infrastructure Development, Jeevan Thondaman, warned that Regional Plantation Companies (RPCs) that fail to pay the minimum daily wage...
Sri Lanka to have talks with SpaceX
By Easwaran Rutnam
Sri Lanka is to have talks with Elon Musk's SpaceX once the Starlink internet service is launched, Presidential Advisor Ruwan Wijewardena said.
Wijewardena...
Planters’ Association strongly opposes arbitrary wage hike
The plantation industry raised its strongest possible objections to the Government's ''arbitrary, reckless, unilateral decision'' to drastically hike minimum wages for tea and rubber...
Elon Musk’s Starlink internet available for pre-order...
By Easwaran Rutnam
Elon Musk's Starlink internet is now available for pre-order in Sri Lanka.
The company said the public can reserve Starlink for a fully...
Trees posing a risk in Colombo to...
Trees posing a risk to the public in Colombo are to be cut down, State Minister of Defence, Premitha Bandara Tennakoon said.
He said that...
Rape in Pakistan: Women continue to feel insecure amid insignificant conviction rate
In a shocking incident, a girl in Pakistan's Sheikhupura committed suicide just five days after she was gang-raped by security guards in a hospital,...