SJB MP Eran Wickramaratne yesterday said that the health sector has become a death trap for patients. "Importation of inferior medicine in the guise of emergency purchasing and non-functioning medical, surgical, and other test equipment in hospitals has pushed...
Police have arrested Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan in the eastern city of Lahore after a Pakistani trial court sentenced him to three years in prison for illegally selling state gifts.
The 70-year-old cricketer-turned-politician was accused of misusing his...
Minister of State in the Cabinet Office of Japan, Fujimura Satoshi, and
former Minister of State for Regional Revitalization and Regulatory
Reform Yamamoto Kozo called on President Ranil Wickremesinghe at the Presidential Secretariat today (31).
During the meeting, they discussed the stalled...
The SJB and Jathika Janabalawegaya have reportedly taken a decision to boycott the All Party Conference convened by the President to make political party leaders aware of the National Reconciliation Programme expected to be implemented by the government.
The APC...
Shri Arindam Bagchi, Official Spokesperson:
A very good afternoon to all of you. Thank you for joining us for the special media briefing on the occasion of the visit of the Honorable President of Sri Lanka. To give us a...
Train services on the renovated railway line from Anuradhapura to Omanthai, which was closed for the last six months due to modernization, will resume July 15.
The railway line was officially opened (14) by Minister Dr. Bandula Gunawardena.
The railway line...
The European Parliament is discussing human rights in India with a focus on the violence in the North Eastern Indian State of Manipur.
The EU Parliament’s resolution on India says that minorities, civil society, human rights defenders and journalists regularly...
A new railway station, Navakkulama, will be added to the northern railway line with the resumption of train services between Colombo and Jaffna on July 15. The train service on the northern railway line was suspended with the commencement...
President Ranil Wickremesinghe by government gazette dated July 3rd has authorized the Secretary to the Ministry of Finance and Public Debt Registrar to convert Treasury Bills into Treasury bonds under the Securities and Stock Ordinance read with article 44...
Foreign Minister Ali Sabry PC says China Harbour has confirmed an investment of $1.2 billion in the Port City when he met with company representatives during his recent visit to China.
He said that Sinopec has also expressed interest in...
For the first time in the history of the Sri Lanka Navy, the first group of women parachutists, consisting of two lady officers and three women sailors, successfully completed their basic parachute course at the Sri Lanka Air Force...
A National Defence University (NDU) delegation from the People’s Republic of China visited the Navy Headquarters. The 56-member delegation, led by Major General Zhang Changsheng, is currently in Sri Lanka as part of the study tour from June 21...
