SLBFE suspends sending Sri Lankans for work

Kelani River faces threat of being mixed with furnace oil

The Kelani River is facing the threat of being mixed with furnace oil following heavy rain. Separator tanks containing furnace oil at the Sapugaskanda Oil Refinery managed by the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation, has overflowed. The Sri Lanka Navy and Coast Guard have been deployed to skim the furnace oil from the flood waters and prevent a further spread. The Navy said that the Heiyanthuduwa area in Sapugaskanda has been flooded due to heavy rains and there is a risk of the furnace oil mixed wit

04 Jun, 2021

Health inspectors claim travel ban ineffective

By Vyshnavy Velrajh Health inspectors claim the travel ban which was extended until 14th June is ineffective due to a large number of people still moving around the streets. PHI Association Secretary M. Baalasooriya told Colombo Gazette that people and mainly institutions are not strictly adhering to the travel restriction in several areas. A number of Government and Private institutions have issued employment letters claiming to be essential services beyond the workforce capacity of between

04 Jun, 2021

Hamid Mir?s removal from Geo News has damaged Pakistani society and the Military Establishment more

In Europe, as in some other fortunate parts of the globe, it does not take much for those with a liberal bent of mind inculcated primarily through education in progressive values to relate closely to principles of individual rights and freedoms and to talk about them unhindered, even write about them. It is a commonplace pursuit here, one that is easy to carry out as the views expressed, even if they differ from and challenge the established or prevalent wisdom, do not invite retribution and vi

05 Jun, 2021