Four Lankan women arrested in Kuwait for prostitution

No power cuts from tomorrow

By Vyshnavy Velrajh The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) has announced that power supply will not be disrupted from tomorrow (21). President of the CEB Engineers Union Anuruddha Tilakaratne told the Colombo Gazette that power supply will not be disrupted as 300 megawatts of electricity will be fed to the National grid. The first generator of the Norochcholai Coal Power Plant has been reset following which the CEB is able to feed 300 megawatts of power to the National grid, he said. Tilakaratne

20 Aug, 2020

MP demands Speaker to remove parts of Wigneswaran’s speech

A Parliamentarian today demanded Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena to remove parts of a speech made by former Northern Province Chief Minister C.V Wigneswaran from the hansard. Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Parliamentarian Manusha Nanayakkara accused Wigneswaran of expressing an opinion which could harm Sri Lanka’s sovereignty. He said that Wigneswaran took a pledge when entering Parliament to protect Sri Lanka’s sovereignty yet made comments which promoted dividing the country. The Speaker res

21 Aug, 2020

Vote on Account to be presented to Parliament next week

The party leaders who met today (20) under the chairmanship of the new Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena decided to hold sittings of Parliament tomorrow (21) and on the 27th and 28th respectively. Accordingly, the Government Policy Statement presented by President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa in Parliament today (20) will be taken up for debate tomorrow (21) as a motion presented by a Member. Meanwhile, A Vote on Account will be presented by the government to bear the expenses for the period from Septem

20 Aug, 2020