CoPE Chairman JVP lawmaker Sunil Handunnetti has stated that all parties pertaining to Batticaloa Campus Ltd. including the Board of Investment (BoI), University Grants Commission of Sri Lanka (UGC), and Tertiary Education Authority of Sri Lanka have been summoned before the Committee on 21 May over the controversial Sharia University project.
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Tenth death due to COVID-19 confirmed
The number of deaths due to Coronavirus has risen to 10 with the death of a 51 year old woman on Monday, May 25. She had returned from Kuwait and had been undergoing quarantine in Trincomalee. Director General of Health Services Dr. Anil Jasinghe has confirmed the death. -
Wasp attack on tea pluckers in Hatton Dickoya Estate; one dead, seven injured
One female tea plucker died and eight tea pluckers were injured in the Dickoya Tea Estate in Hatton after being attacked by wasps on Monday, May 25. -
Sri Lanka Muslims celebrate Eid al-Fitr at homes
Sri Lankan Muslims in several parts of the island celebrated Eid al-Fitr at homes in view of the restrictions and social distancing enforced due to COVID-19. -
Curfew hours reduced from May 26
President’s Media Division has announced that the curfew hours in all districts of the island except Colombo and Gampaha have been reduced with effect from Tuesday, May 26. -
SLTB to resume inter-provincial bus services on Tuesday
Passenger Transport Management Minister Mahinda Amaraweera has issued directives to the Sri Lanka Transport Board and the National Transport Commission to resume the inter-provincial bus services in all districts except Colombo and Gampaha districts from Tuesday, May 26. -
Health Minister graces launch of app‘CuRec’ developed by Kotelawala Defence University
Minister of Health, Pavithra Wanniarachchi on Sunday graced the launch of the app ‘CuRec’ an interactive patient-doctor communication platform to aid the fight against COVID-19 developed by Sir John Kotelawala Defence University. -
Indian envoy at St. Anthony’s Church, prays for peace, safety, security of India, Sri Lanka
Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Gopal Baglay paid a visit to St. Anthony's Church and prayed for peace, safety, security of India, Sri Lanka. He also paid homage to the victims of last year's Easter Sunday terrorist attack. -
Muslims pray for inter community peace, economic growth while celebrating Eid-ul-Fitr … Rauff Hakeem
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) leader Rauff Hakeem has observed that the Muslims of Sri Lanka pray for inter-community peace while they celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr. -
The present leadership that won the war is needed to steer the island in the post-COVID-19 world … Premier Mahinda
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has observed that the team that is now running the country from the President downwards, won a war that was deemed unwinnable and presided over the greatest economic boom since independence despite impossible odds between 2006 and 2014. That is the kind of leadership needed to steer this country forward in the post-COVID-19 world. -
Dismiss all FR petitions challenging conduct of polls in limine … ASG Indika
Additional Solicitor General Indika Demuni de Silva appearing for the Attorney General has submitted to the Supreme Court to dismiss all Fundamental Rights challenging dissolution of Parliament and holding the General Election on June 20, in limine since they do not comply with the constitutional provisions. -
Indian envoy pays homage to Lord Buddha at Colombo Gangaramaya Temple
Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Gopal Baglay paid homage to Lord Buddha at the Gangaramaya Viharaya in Colombo recently and sought blessings for health, peace and prosperity of the people of Sri Lanka and India and their friendship and cooperation. -
May the spirit of the month of Ramazan heal the world … President’s message for Ramazan festival
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has expressed the hope that the spirit of Ramazan, the brotherhood of Islam will heal the world.
JVP Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake has appealed to President Maithripala Sirisena and Premier Ranil Wickremasinghe to unite at this hour of national crisis setting aside political disparities and the dreams to be the next President.
SLFP MP Nimal Siripala De Silva has stated that the country needed laws against the circulation of false information that induces hatred and tension between ethnic communities.
Education Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam has appealed to the opposition parties not to infuse fear psychosis among the people in order to gain cheap political mileage.
Prime Minister Ranil Wikcremasinghe has told the House that the Counter-Terrorism Bill was drafted to fill the vacuum to fight global terrorism. A group of professionals took part in preparing this Bill.
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Aruthirumurugan hands dry food packs to low-income families in the...
Dry food packs were distributed recently to the needy families in the Jaffna peninsula by volunteers led by Trustee of the ThellipallaiThurka Thevasthanam Dr.Aruthirumurugan.
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Indigenous medicines distributed free in Trincomalee, Batticaloa, Amparai to boost...
- By S.Kathiravan
Eastern Province Commissioner of Indigenous Medicine Dr. Rajarajeswary Srithar has stated that packs of indigenous medicines have been distributed to the public in...
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Dry food provided to 25 journalists in Kinniya
- By S.Kathiravan
Kinniya Hasan Moulavy Natpany Mantram has provided dry food to twenty five journalist at an event held at Kuricharkerny Students’ Hostel on Friday,...
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Trincomalee Kali Kovilady Youths distribute dry food to the needy...
- By S.Kathiravan
A group of Kali Kovilady Youths distributed dry food to the needy families in the village of Killikunchu malai in the Town and...
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