(LANKAPUVATH | COLOMBO) – A special meeting of party leaders is scheduled to be held today (06) at 8.30 am under the chairmanship of Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena.
"Speaker to chair a special party leaders’ meeting today as Opposition MPs continue to boycott parliament"Category: LOCAL
(LANKAPUVATH | COLOMBO) – The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) says that an immediate investigation should be carried out into how the Sri Lankan woman infected with the Omicron variant entered the country even though she had not been vaccinated.
"GMOA questions how the unvaccinated woman infected with omicron variant entered the country"
Sri Lanka Foreign Ministry coordinates repatriation of remains of Sri Lankan executive killed in Pakistan
(LANKAPUVATH | COLOMBO) – The human remains of Diyawadanage Don Nandasiri Priyantha Kumara who was killed by a mob in Sialkot area in Pakistan on 03 December 2021 will be dispatched to Sri Lanka on 06 December 2021 through Sri Lankan Airlines at state cost, the Foreign Ministry said.
"Sri Lanka Foreign Ministry coordinates repatriation of remains of Sri Lankan executive killed in Pakistan"
(LANKAPUVATH | COLOMBO) – Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga says there are no plans to close the country again. He emphasizes that the government will take further action in this regard as per the health guidelines.
"Sri Lanka Tourism Minister says no plans to close the country again"
(LANKAPUVATH | COLOMBO) – Accounting for 65% of all national exports and 85% of all national industrial exports, the Board of Investment today announced that total export earnings recorded as at date for the year, from enterprises under its purview,have surpassedexport revenues with the corresponding year-to-datevalue achieved in 2019.
"BOI enterprises export revenues, record 2019 values"
(LANKAPUVATH | LAHORE) – Sri Lankan High Commissioner Mohan Vijay Vikrama has assured that the Sialkot lynching will have no impact on the two countries’ amicable relations.
"Sialkot incident will have no impact on the two countries’ friendly ties – SL High Commissioner"
(LANKAPUVATH | LAHORE) – The body of deceased Sri Lankan Priyantha Kumara was dispatched to Colombo from Lahore through Air Lanka Flt UL186 today.
"Remains of Priyantha Kumara airlifted to Colombo"
(LANKAPUVATH | COLOMBO) – The Police Media Unit announced that an operation has been launched in the Western Province to check whether the public is following proper health instructions and to find persons violating the health rules.
"Special operation launched in western province to nab violators of health rules"
(LANKAPUVATH | COLOMBO) – Veteran stage, film and teledrama actor Sampath Tennakoon has passed away this morning (03) after a lengthy battle with lung cancer. He was 62 years old at the time of his death.
"Veteran actor Sampath Tennakoon passes away"
(LANKAPUVATH | COLOMBO) – Sri Lankan Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa, who is on a two-day official visit to India, met with the National Security Advisor of India Ajit Kumar Doval, here on Thursday.
"Lankan Finance Minister meets India’s National Security Advisor"