Woman gives birth while being airlifted from Kalawana

Arjuna hails stand taken by Namal

Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) member and Minister Arjuna Ranatunga said that he was happy to see?SLFP member Namal Rajapaksa not participating in events held to promote former President Mahinda Rajapaksa. Ranatunga said that today a group of SLFP members are very actively promoting?Rajapaksa and attempting to get him back into power. However he said that?Namal Rajapaksa, despite being the son of Mahinda Rajapaksa, is a notable absentee at those events. “While he (Namal) is following the poli

16 May, 2015

BOI says Port City still can resume

The much talked about Port City Project at Galle Face may resume if the concerns of the Government are addressed. Board of Investment (BoI) of Sri Lanka Chairman Upul Jayasuriya told The Sunday Leader that the Government is not against the project but wants to ensure the project falls in line with the legal, environmental and other requirements. He said that the Sri Lanka Ports Authority should have heeded the advice of the Attorney General (AG) that the State-owned ports operator cannot enter

16 May, 2015

Lanka urges Saudi to raise minimum wage

Sri Lanka has requested Saudi Arabia?to increase the minimum wage of SR900 set for its domestic workers because of the rising cost of living in the island, Arab News reported. Thalatha Atukorale, Minister of Foreign Employment, made this request when she met the First Secretary of the Saudi Embassy Misary Al-Thiyabi at her office in Colombo. During the discussion with the Saudi official, she pointed out that with the cost of living rising globally, including the Kingdom, the need for a minimum

16 May, 2015