Dinesh Gunawardena to be Leader of the House

Finance Minister presents 2022 budget in Parliament

Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa presented the 2022 budget in Parliament today. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was also in Parliament when the budget was presented. This is Basil Rajapaksa’s first budget speech as Finance Minister. This is the 76th budget of independent Sri Lanka and the second budget of the government of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. (Colombo Gazette) CLICK HERE FOR FULL BUDGET PROPOSALS?   1 of 7

12 Nov, 2021

AG wants full bench for case on New Fortress deal

The Attorney General (AG) has requested the Supreme Court to appoint a full bench to hear the Fundamental Rights (FR) petitions challenging the New Fortress-Yugadanavi Power Plant deal. The petitions were filed by a number of people including the Archbishop of Colombo His Eminence Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, the Samagi Jana Balawegaya and the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna. US based New Fortress Energy and the Sri Lankan Government had recently signed the controversial deal. New Fortress Energy said

12 Nov, 2021

Romanov jewels including Sri Lankan sapphire auctioned for nearly $900,000

A Sri Lankan sapphire-and-diamond brooch and matching ear clips which once belonged to Russia’s Romanov imperial dynasty have been snapped up at a Sotheby’s auction for nearly $900,000, the AFP news agency reported. The jewels, which belonged to grand duchess Maria Pavlovna the Elder (1854-1920), the aunt of the last tsar, Nicholas II, were smuggled out of Russia for safekeeping during the 1917 revolution in which the tsar, his wife and their children were massacred. “The storied history of th

12 Nov, 2021