Over 900 kilograms of cocaine to be destroyed next week

Unused boats in fishing harbours to be removed or destroyed

Unused boats in fishing harbours are to be removed or destroyed, Fisheries Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said today. He said that there are several unused boats parked in some fisheries harbours including those seized from people who attempted to reach Australia by boat to seek asylum. The Minister said that legal action on some of the boats had been completed and so they will be either removed or destroyed. He said that if an owner of a boat does not come forward and claim the boat then it wil

20 Jul, 2017

Australia announces assistance to combat dengue

Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop announced Australian assistance to combat dengue fever in Sri Lanka. She made this announcement when she called on President Maithripala Sirisena at the President?s Residence in Colombo today (July 20). Recalling that President Sirisena made a special mention about the spreading of dengue and Chronic Kidney Disease in Sri Lanka during his recent state visit to Australia, Bishop expressed happiness that Australia could announce two programmes to a

20 Jul, 2017

JVP to campaign against new Inland Revenue Act

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) today said that it will campaign against the new?Inland Revenue Act. JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake said that his party is against the new Act and so will push for it not to be passed in Parliament. Dissanayake accused the Government of preparing the Act to meet the requirements of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and not the Sri Lankan public. He said that the JVP will seek public support against the Act before it is submitted to Parliament. Min

20 Jul, 2017