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The Supreme Court says elections for provincial assemblies in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa must be held within three months. Pakistan’s Supreme Court has ruled that elections for the provincial assemblies in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa must be held within 90...

Bola Ahmed Tinubu was on Wednesday declared the winner of Nigeria’s controversial presidential elections, as opposition leaders decried the polls as rigged and called for a fresh vote. Tinubu, 70, represents the ruling All Progressives Congress party, which received close...

President Ranil Wickramasinghe has approved the proposal presented by the Petroleum Corporation to reduce the price of kerosene. Accordingly, with effect from midnight today (01), a liter of Ceylon kerosene will cost Rs. 50 (new price Rs. 305) per liter...

It is reported that due to the closure of the Bank of Ceylon branch of the Parliament today as part of a strike action, its work has been disrupted. Generally most of the members of Parliament get service from this...

The Western Province High Court of Civil Appeal ordered the dismissal of the appeal filed by former President Maithripala Sirisena subject to a fee of 21,000 rupees. The order has been issued by the bench of judges Sanjeeva Moraes and...

The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee requests the Sri Lankan government to hold free and fair local government elections without further delay. In a Twitter message, they emphasized that any attempt to take away the voice of the people of...

The Court of Appeal has ruled that the provisions of the Right to Information Act also apply to Members of Parliament and that they are bound by law to submit statements of assets and liabilities. Confirming a decision given by...

The peoples convention for good governance was held at the BMICH in the midst of an exclusive audience, all of them invited and registered by the organizers, on 25th February. The convener of this National Initiative Richard de Zoysa set...

The protest actions of the professionals have already started. It has been learned that from 7 a.m. today to 7 a.m. tomorrow, port workers have started a movement to work, and teachers have also reported to work wearing black clothes.

University administration say the final year engineering faculty student has died of an overdose of drugs. The student died this morning (01) after the other students saw that she was suffering from some illness in the Peradeniya University Malalasekara dormitory...