CA verdict on Gota challenged at SC

Murali denies claims on Governor post

Former Sri Lankan cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan has denied claims he has been offered the post of Northern Province Governor. In an interview with the Hindustan Times, Muralitharan also insisted that he has no intention of entering politics. “No, it is a rumour that was first floated on Facebook. I was not offered that post and in any case have made it clear that I am not interested in politics. I am a sportsman, a cricket player, not a politician. My Foundation for Goodness has already been

07 Dec, 2019

Switzerland keen to restore confidence with Sri Lanka after incident

Switzerland is keen to restore confidence with Sri Lanka after relations deteriorated following an alleged kidnapping of one of its local employees. Following several demarches from the FDFA over the incident concerning an employee of the Swiss embassy in Colombo, State Secretary Pascale Baeriswyl had received the Sri Lankan Ambassador to Switzerland based in Berlin, Karunasena Hettiarachchi, in Bern. Ms Baeriswyl confirmed at the meeting that Switzerland supports measures to investigate and s

03 Dec, 2019

COPE dissolved with prorogation of Parliament

The Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) has been dissolved as a result of the prorogation of Parliament. Chairman of the committee Sunil Handunneththi said that COPE has been dissolved and he is no more the Chairman of the committee. He said that the committee was dissolved as Parliament was prorogued last night. Handunneththi said that a meeting scheduled for today by COPE to discuss the final report of the forensic audit conducted by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka on the Central Bank Bond

03 Dec, 2019