(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"Category: Top Story
(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"
(LANKAPUVATH | COLOMBO) – US Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu is scheduled to travel to India, Sri Lanka, and Nepal from December 3 to December 10, the US Embassy in Colombo said in a statement.
"US Assistant Secretary of State to visit Sri Lanka"
(LANKAPUVATH | COLOMBO) – A discussion between President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and small and medium-scale rice mill owners took place today (02) at the Presidential Secretariat.
"President stresses need for stable and affordable rice supply in coming months"
(LANKAPUVATH | COLOMBO) – Supreme Court Judge, Justice Murdu Fernando took oath as Sri Lanka’s new Chief Justice this morning (02) before President Anura Dissanayake.
"Murdu Fernando sworn in as new Chief Justice"
(LANKAPUVATH | COLOMBO) – The 49th International Convention on Quality Control Circles (ICQCC) – 2024 hosted by the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Quality & Productivity (SLAAQP) under the theme ‘Beyond Boundaries: A Quest for Quality, Productivity & Innovation’ was held at the BMICH and Mt. Lavinia Hotel premises from 11 to 13 November 2024. SLAAQP is the official Coordinating Committee Member from Sri Lanka to the ICQCC comprising 14 Asian countries, including…
"SLAF SECURES GOLD AT 49TH INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON QUALITY CONTROL CIRCLES 2024"
(LANKAPUVATH | COLOMBO) – The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) has announced revised fuel prices which will be effective from midnight today (Nov. 30).
"Fuel prices revised"
(LANKAPUVATH | COLOMBO) – Moody’s has placed Sri Lanka’s Ca long-term foreign currency rating on review for an upgrade, the credit ratings agency said on Wednesday, following the government’s bond-exchange offer that aims to complete the restructuring of international bonds.
"Moody’s places Sri Lanka’s rating under review for upgrade after bond-exchange offer"