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The Supreme Court has ordered the adjournment of two petitions filed against Finance Ministry Secretary Mr. Mahinda Siriwardena for contempt of court on May 22. The petitions were called before a five-member bench led by Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya today...

If the tax problem is not resolved, the professionals' unions say that they will resume professional actions from the 3rd . They emphasized yesterday (29) that the final letter on this matter will be sent to the President today (30)....

What happens when the state is totally subtracted from production and the market, in effect, from the economy? What remains? Obviously the private sector. This gives the private sector, local and foreign, a monopoly, and eliminates all balance. Everything is...

Mr. Arjuna Ranatunga has been given a written notice by an advisor to the Sports Minister to resign immediately from the post of Chairman of the National Sports Council. It is reported that the relevant notification was made yesterday (29)....

According to Midigama police, a group of people who came from a car shot the owner of the oven shop yesterday (29) night in front of a tourist oven shop in Ahangama. The injured man was taken to hospital and...

Japanese Ambassador to Sri Lanka Hideki Mishokoshi has said that no decision has been taken yet on the revival of the US$2.2 billion Malambe to Fort light rail (LRT) project funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). "It has...

SJB Member of Parliament Mr. Iran Wickramaratne said that he will not join the current Rajapaksa government at all. He said this while attending a press conference. Mr. Harshada Silva, who was present, said that in order to proceed with...

Some visitors' cameras captured a rare black panther in Yala National park, which is located in the deep south of Sri Lanka. With the sighting of four black panthers roaming freely in forests near Adam’s Peak now Yala making them...

All Human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. Human beings of all sexual orientations and gender identities are entitled to the full enjoyment of all human beings.1 The 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka also recognizes that...

The Right to Information Commission (RTI) today concluding a hearing of an appeal made by a ‘Tamil Mirror’ journalist requesting information about the LTTE members surrendered to the army reserved the judgment pending written submission by both parties. The RTI...