Travel ban on Namal Rajapaksa temporarily lifted

Police probe death threats on Election Commission members

The Police are investigating death threats received on Election Commission members from overseas. Police Media Spokesperson SSP Nihal Thalduwa said that investigations revealed the threats were received on the phone from overseas. According to the Police, three members of the Election Commission have received death threats. The Police said that the Election Commission members have been given armed Police protection. Death threats were received after the Election Commission decided to hold Lo

29 Jan, 2023

UK says FTA talks with India ?well advanced?, seventh round soon

The negotiations for an ambitious Free Trade Agreement between Britain and India are “well advanced”, United Kingdom’s Foreign Office Minister for South Asia, Lord Tariq Ahmed said in a parliamentary debate in London’s House of Lords. Ahmed added that the next round of FTA talks between New Delhi and London will commence very soon, with his fellow parliamentarians raising India’s ambitious economic profile and New Delhi’s G20 presidency as determinant factors to ensure an FTA deal. Successive g

30 Jan, 2023

Charge sheet prepared to remove PUCSL Chairman

A charge sheet has been prepared to remove the Chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) Janaka Ratnayake, Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekara said. He accused Ratnayake of taking unilateral decisions and not in consultation with the other members of the PUCSL. “He has been taking decisions as an individual and not in agreement with the other members of the commission,” the Minister said. He said that the Chairman was using the name of the PUCSL and taking

29 Jan, 2023