Booster shots to be administered to people over 60 years

Sri Lanka to shut three overseas Missions

By Easwaran Rutnam? Sri Lanka is to shut three overseas Missions as part of moves to cut costs and save on much needed US Dollars, Daily Mirror learns. Accordingly, the Foreign Ministry is to close the Sri Lankan Consulate in Frankfurt, the Embassy in Nigeria, and the Sri Lankan Consulate in Cyprus. Foreign Minister, Professor G.L Peiris told Daily Mirror, the operations of the Consulate in?Frankfurt will be shifted to Berlin. He also said that under the current circumstances it was found th

16 Dec, 2021

Light training aircraft makes emergency landing in Payagala

A light training aircraft made an emergency landing on the Payagala beach today. The Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) said that the aircraft had initially gone missing from the radar. A rescue team was later dispatched by the Air Force to locate the plane. The plane was found to have landed on the beach in North Payagala, A technical fault had forced the pilot to make the emergency landing of the plane with two people on board. Both the pilot and the other individual on the plane escaped unhurt.

22 Dec, 2021

President prorogues Parliament

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has prorogued Parliament with effect from yesterday (Sunday). A gazette notice declaring that Parliament has been prorogued, has been issued by the Secretary to the President P.B Jayasudara. The gazette notice states that by virtue of the powers vested in him by Article 70 of the Constitution, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, has prorogued Parliament with effect from midnight of the 12th day of December, 2021. The President has declared that the next session of Parli

13 Dec, 2021