(LANKAPUVATH | COLOMBO) – President Anura Kumara Dissanayake will undertake a state visit to India from 15 to 17 December 2024 at the invitation of the President of India, Smt. Droupadi Murmu, the foreign ministry confirmed yesterday(13).
"President Dissanayake to visit India on Sunday"Category: HIGHLIGHTED
(LANKAPUVATH | COLOMBO) – The Speaker of Sri Lanka’s Parliament Asoka Ranwala has resigned from his position, in the wake of the controversy surrounding his educational qualifications.
"Asoka Ranwala resigns as Speaker of Parliament"
(LANKAPUVATH | COLOMBO) – A Gazette notification has been issued stipulating the maximum wholesale and retail prices for both local and imported rice.
"Gazette issued on wholesale and retail prices for local and imported rice"
(LANKAPUVATH | COLOMBO) – President Anura Kumara Dissanayake emphasized that no matter how many laws are enacted or institutions are established, justice cannot be ensured to the citizens if those responsible for enforcing them fail to implement them properly.
"President questions withdrawal 85 bribery cases in 21/22"
(LANKAPUVATH | COLOMBO) – The United States has imposed sanctions and visa restrictions on two former Sri Lankan officials for their involvement in significant corruption.
"US Sanctions two Sri Lanka’s Rajapaksa Govt Officials over Corruption"
(LANKAPUVATH | COLOMBO) – US Ambassador to Sri Lanka Julie Chung has met with Sri Lanka’s Minister of Environment, Dr. Dhammika Patabendi and Minister of Energy, Kumara Jayakody in separate meetings to discuss efforts toward climate adaptation, energy transition, and sustainability.
"US Ambassador Julie Chung meets Energy and Environment Ministers"
(LANKAPUVATH | COLOMBO) – More than 2,000 people took part Wednesday in a procession to escort a relic of the Buddha lent by China to a shrine in the Thai capital Bangkok to honor the birthday of King Maha Vajiralongkorn and to celebrate half a century of diplomatic relations between Thailand and China.
"Relic of the Buddha loaned by China gets a warm welcome in Thailand"
(LANKAPUVATH | COLOMBO) – President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has met with Parliamentarians from the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kadchi (ITAK) at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo yesterday (04).
"President Dissanayake engages in discussion with ITAK MPs"
(LANKAPUVATH | COLOMBO) – The resolution on the statement of the Government Policy, which was presented by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake in Parliament on November 21, was passed unanimously in Parliament today (04) without a vote.
"Government Policy Statement passed in Parliament"
(LANKAPUVATH | COLOMBO) – Professor Pujitha Wickramasinghe, Senior Professor in Paediatrics at the University of Colombo and Honorary Consultant Paediatrician at the Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children, has been awarded the Outstanding Asia Paediatrician Award by the Asia Pacific Paediatric Association (APPA) at the 18th Asia Pacific Conference of Paediatrics, held in Cebu, Philippines, recently (Nov 16).
"Prof. Pujitha Wickramasinghe wins Asia Paediatrician Award"