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Sri Lanka’s ongoing engagement with the UN UNCLCS and the International Seabed Authority

The attention of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been drawn to several media reports relating to Sri Lanka’s continental shelf submission to the UNCLCS in New York as well as to matters related to the ISBA in Jamaica on...

Children have been deprived of educational opportunities due to unjust strikes 

State Minister for Technology, Kanaka Herath, stated that by launching unjust strikes on the eve of an election, children have been deprived of their opportunity to receive education. The State Minister further asserted that the opposition should clarify whether these...
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VAT Hike Required to Fund Salary Increase Demanded by Striking Government Employees

Government unable to fulfill such demands burdening the people. In order to grant a Rs. 10,000 pay hike, the government will need another Rs. 140 billion annually. In order to grant a Rs. 20,000 pay hike, the government will need...

FR petition against Presidential election dismissed 

The Fundamental Rights petition filed by a businessman seeking an order restraining the Election Commission from holding the Presidential election in 2024 was today dismissed by the Supreme Court with Rs.100,000 cost. The Supreme Court five-judge-bench comprising Chief Justice Jayantha...

France’s leftists take most seats, as snap election delivers deadlock

Supporters of French far-left opposition party La France Insoumise (France Unbowed - LFI) gather at Place Stalingrad before partial results in the second round of the early French parliamentary elections in Paris, France, July 7, 2024. REUTERS/Yara Nardi A loose...

CID won’t let me live in peace’ – Piumi Hansamali

She had already sold her vehicle a year ago, so she doesn't understand this, Piumi Hansamali said in a message on her official Fb page. "The people who bought the vehicle gave me only half of the full amount, and...

Athurugiriya shooting: ‘Club Wasantha’ killed, K. Sujeewa among injuredAthurugiriya shooting

'Club Wasantha' (Surendra Wasantha Perera) was killed and several persons including singer K. Sujeewa have been hospitalised following a shooting at Oruwala Junction in Athurugiriya a short while ago, police said. They said the injured were admitted to the Athurugiriya and...

FR petition against Presidential poll: AG urges SC to dismiss petition

While raising preliminary objections against the Fundamental Rights petition seeking an order restraining the Election Commission from holding the Presidential election in 2024, the Attorney General today moved the Supreme Court to dismiss this petition in limine at the outset....

Boeing pleads guilty to a criminal fraud charge

People holding photos of those lost in Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 and Lion Air Flight 610 wait for the start of a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019, about...

WEATHER FORECAST FOR 08 JULY

Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 08 July 2024 The prevailing showery conditions are expected to continuetoday in the south-western part of the island. Showers will occur at times in Western, Sabaragamuwa and North-western provinces and in Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya, Galle and Matara districts....
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