(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: Top Story
(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) – 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) – The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) has decided to seek public opinion regarding a proposal by the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) to maintain current electricity tariffs for the first six months of next year.
"PUCSL to seek public opinion on electricity tariffs for 2024"
(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 French government has collapsed after Prime Minister Michel Barnier was ousted in a no-confidence vote. MPs voted overwhelmingly in support of the motion against him – just three months after he was appointed by President Emmanuel Macron. Opposition parties had tabled the motion after the former Brexit negotiator controversially used special powers to force through his budget without a vote. It marks the first time the country’s government has collapsed in…
"French government collapses in no-confidence vote"
(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"
(LANKAPUVATH | COLOMBO) – The government has decided to provide an allowance of Rs. 6,000 to assist parents who are unable to afford school stationery and equipment for their children.
"Govt to provide allowance for children of ‘Aswesuma’ beneficiaries"