Cabinet approves implementing SriLankan restructuring proposals

Power cuts enforced in Colombo with immediate effect

Power cuts are being enforced in Colombo, according to a schedule, with immediate effect. Colombo was earlier spared from the daily power cuts. However, the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) said that power cuts have been enforced in Colombo from today (Friday). (Colombo Gazette)

04 Mar, 2022

Comedian Berty Gunathilake passed away aged 97

Sri Lankan comedian and veteran actor Berty Gunathilake passed away today aged 97. He was most notable for the role “Baba” in the television comedy sitcom Vinoda Samaya. Gunathilake joined the Radio Ceylon in 1947. Then he joined the 1948 radio play Vinoda Samaya along with Joseph Seneviratne, Vincent Weerasekera, Harriet Suraweera, Pitipana Silva and Sisira Kumara Manickaarachchi. The trio – Berty, Annesley and Samuel were included in television’s founding program Nandana Vindana. Since 1960

06 Mar, 2022

Vasudeva Nanayakkara to boycott Cabinet meetings

By Easwaran Rutnam Minister of Water Supply, Vasudeva Nanayakkara has decided to boycott Cabinet meetings. Nanayakkara told reporters today that he had taken the decision following the sacking of former Ministers Wimal Weerawansa and Udaya Gammanpila. The Minister was speaking at a media briefing organised in Colombo today attended by sacked Ministers Wimal Weerawansa and Udaya Gammanpila. Asked if he was going to resign from his Minister post, Nanayakkara said that if required he can surviv

04 Mar, 2022