National Police Commission Secretary removed from his post

Grace period declared to handover illegal firearms

A grace period has been declared with effect from today to handover illegal firearms, the Ministry of Defence said. Following a directive issued by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, a grace period has been declared from today (5th) to the 12th to return firearms without valid documents. The Defence Ministry requested those who are possessing illegal firearms to hand over them to the nearest police station during the amnesty period. The police have been instructed to take legal action against thos

05 Feb, 2020

Corruption allegations raised over Central Expressway project

Corruption allegations were raised in Parliament today over the Central Expressway project. Roads and Highways, Ports and Shipping Minister Johnston Fernando told Parliament today that sections of the project were offered to contractors at a higher price than earlier offered. Fernando said that a contract offered as part of the project by the Mahinda Rajapaksa Government for Rs 2.5 Billion was cancelled by the former Government and offered at Rs. 3.5 Billion. He said that investigations must

05 Feb, 2020

PM insists plantation wage increase will be implemented

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa today insisted that the proposed Rs. 1000 daily wage for the plantation sector will be implemented from 1st March. He told Parliament that plantation companies had agreed with the policy decision of the Government to increase the daily wage to Rs. 1000. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had said last month that he had decided to increase the minimum daily wage of plantation workers with effect from March 01, 2020. Accordingly, he said that plantation workers will b

05 Feb, 2020