Remaining Sri Lankans in Ukraine to be evacuated

President says no to power cut, orders funds to be released

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa instructed the Ministry of Power not to enforce power cuts and also ordered the payment of the required funds to settle the issue. Minister of Power Gamini Lokuge said that he was instructed by the President not to enforce power cuts, during a meeting held today. He said the decision was reached at the crucial meeting held at the Presidential Secretariat today with the participation of Energy Minister Udaya Gammanpila. The President also instructed officials to re

24 Jan, 2022

Internal battle puts wildlife at risk

By Easwaran Rutnam (@easwaranrutnam) Wildlife in Sri Lanka is at risk owing to an internal battle with some senior officials even refusing to take instructions from the subject Minister, Daily Mirror learns.? An incident at the Yala National Park this week involving a tusker and safari jeeps is believed to be as a result of a failure by officials to implement instructions given to properly manage the number of vehicles entering the park at a given time, sources revealed. The tusker was harass

26 Jan, 2022

Sajith repeats appeal to free Ranjan on humanitarian grounds

Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa has repeated an appeal to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to free former MP Ranjan Ramanayake on humanitarian grounds. Premadasa told Parliament today that he telephoned the President and repeated the appeal. The Opposition Leader said that Ramanayake was not jailed for theft, murder or rape but over the words he used. “He is not someone who should be in jail,” Premadasa said. He also requested Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena to intervene and secure the relea

20 Jan, 2022