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With all the surveys conducted so far indicating a promising clear win for him over the incumbent Joe Biden, the former President has warned his Republican supporter base to be vigilant and not to comply themselves with demands made by health authorities in the wake of a new COVID virus threat. He warned that Democrats […]
Yesterday, August 31, 2023, Justice Minister Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakse announced that he had testified before the special investigative committee led by Dr. Ramesh Pathirana and tasked with investigating the September 2020 fire aboard the petroleum carrier MT New Diamond off the east coast of Sri Lanka. And in June of 2021, a devastating fire that […]
The Federation of University Teachers’ Associations (FUTA) has said that the main reasons Sri Lankan lecturers, professors, and senior lecturers are leaving their jobs are the proposed increase in the bond fee that university academic tutors must pay when they go abroad to study or undertake research, and the stringent regulations and guidelines that they […]
From 31st August midnight fuel prices within Sri Lanka has been increased through its primary suppliers Ceylon Petroleum Corporation and buy Indian Oil Corporation. The revised prices has been indicated as follows. Was this interesting? Submit Cancel Thanks for your feedback!
According to unconfirmed media reports from the United Kingdom and by a United States based think-tank after analyzing documents relating to the Pentagon budget, they have concluded that United States armed forces could be considering or seeking to station American nuclear weapons within British soil. If this deployment were to take place it would be after 2008. Additionally […]
It has been reported that a proposal had been put forward to minister of education Susil Premajayantha by the minister of sports Mr. Roshan Ranasinghe suggesting that school closure time should be extended till 4:00 p.m. Where the additional late 2 hours should be primarily contemplated on sports related activities. The intended objectives of these proposals are […]
Citing an article published on Hiru News, It has been reported that the Sri Lankan health authorities no longer possess sufficient or any stockpile of yellow fever vaccine that has been administered to all Sri Lankans that go abroad. Additionally this situation is said to have created a barrier for certain Sri Lankans to gain permission to enter […]
Yesterday (30th August) it has been reported that the former Chairperson of the Sri Lankan Marine Environment Protection Authority (MEPA) Mrs. Dharshani Lahandapura questioned, “whether the Sri Lankan government has agreed to the settlement amount of 878,000 $ and another additional amount 16 million rupees offer made by the insurance company in charge of the sank cargo vessel”. […]
It has been reported that the United States Government has once again approved a shipment of arms and ammunition amounting to well over 250$ million dollars to be sent to the Ukrainian Frontline. The move and the announcement has been condemned by the Russian Embassy within the United States. The shipment is said to include artillery shells, […]
At a Press briefing held at Colombo on the 28 of August at Presidential Media Center, Public Security Minister Tiran Alles stated Sri Lanka Criminal Investigation Department (CID) had launched a completely new investigation into civil unrest to violence that took place on May 9th of last year(2022). This all took place in the midst of a […]
