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Some Opposition MPs are brainless: Speaker

Sri Lanka, June 10 -- Speaker Jagath Wickramaratne, who lost his cool today, accused that some Opposition MPs are brainless. He said this when Chief Opposition Whip Gayantha Karunatilaka, Sujeewa Se... Read More


Speaker threatens to remove MP Sujeewa Senasinghe from chambers

Sri Lanka, June 10 -- In the midst of a heated argument over Standing Orders pertaining to raising questions, Speaker Jagath Wickramaratne today threatened to have MP Sujeewa Senasinghe removed from t... Read More


President Anura congratulates Modi on becoming India's longest-serving elected PM

Sri Lanka, June 10 -- President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has extended warm congratulations to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on becoming the longest-serving elected Prime Minister in the history ... Read More


No decision to extend retirement age of judges: Minister

Sri Lanka, June 10 -- Amidst controversy over reports of the extension of retirement age of judges, Cabinet Spokesman and Minister Nalinda Jayatissa said yesterday that the government has not taken an... Read More


Sallay's treatment could be meted out to others in the Opposition: UNP

Sri Lanka, June 10 -- The United National Party (UNP) while highlighting that the treatment meted out to former State Intelligence Services (SIS) Chief Major General Suresh Sallay in violation of the ... Read More


Millions including NDB monies siphoned out of Sri Lanka under guise of importing goods

Sri Lanka, June 10 -- While Sri Lanka is grappling with a dollar crisis, investigations conducted by the police and Sri Lanka Customs have uncovered a massive scam where millions of US Dollars includi... Read More


Enthusiasm among local, foreign investors galore to take Mattala airport

Sri Lanka, June 10 -- With as many as 47 parties initially responding to the call for Expressions of Interest (EOI) for the development of the Mattala International Airport (MIA), which is a strategic... Read More


Sri Lanka pushes labour reforms to strengthen worker protection

Sri Lanka, June 10 -- Sri Lanka is pressing ahead with efforts to strengthen labour protection and modernise workplace standards as the government seeks international support for a broad reform agenda... Read More


Govt. seeks to fast-track industrial investment through environmental reforms

Sri Lanka, June 10 -- Sri Lanka is seeking to accelerate industrial investment and strengthen export competitiveness through a series of environmental reforms aimed at reducing project delays, streaml... Read More


Dimal Arandara appointed chairman of loss-making SriLankan Airlines

Sri Lanka, June 10 -- A. K. D. D. Dimal Arandara has been appointed as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of SriLankan Airlines Limited with immediate effect. An internal communique circulated w... Read More