Gallery closed for Parliament sessions today

Nearly 32 per cent of pregnant women in Sri Lanka are anaemic

Nearly 32 per cent of pregnant women in Sri Lanka are anaemic, the?United Nations Children?s Fund (UNICEF) said. UNICEF said that the progress on improving nutritional care of women in South Asia during and after pregnancy is slow, impacting on their children?s survival, growth and development. A three-day regional conference on actions to accelerate improvements in women?s nutrition across South Asia is being held in Kathmandu this week. Organised jointly by the South Asian Association for Re

09 May, 2018

Government assures solution to Iranathivu land issue

The Government today assured that it will provide a solution to the?Iranathivu land issue. The Navy has been occupying?Iranathivu island for security reasons following the war. Families who own land on the island have been protesting for several months demanding that their property be returned. Minister Gayantha Karunatillake told Parliament that the Government is looking into the?Iranathivu land issue and will provide a solution to those affected. (Colombo Gazette)

09 May, 2018

Mahanama and Dissanayaka further remanded in bribery case

President Maithripala Sirisena’s former Chief of Staff K. Mahanama and State Timber Corporation (STC) Chairman P. Dissanayaka have been ordered to be further remanded till May 22. Mahanama and Dissanayaka had been arrested for accepting a bribe of Rs.20 million over a land deal. Mahanama, who was arrested last week while accepting a bribe, was reportedly going to pay a VIP part of the money. Mahanama and the Chairman of the State Timber Corporation, P. Dissanayake were arrested at the car par

09 May, 2018