Bollywood stars invited to park yachts in Sri Lanka

Inter-province travel ban to be lifted on Sunday

The inter-province travel ban is to be lifted on Sunday 31st October at 4am, the President’s Media Division said today. The decision was taken at the COVID Task Force meeting chaired by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa which was held today. The President said that the inter-province travel ban will be lifted in order to allow life to continue under the new normal. As a result inter-province train services are set to resume from 1st November. The ban was to be lifted on October 21st but was later

29 Oct, 2021

Key Ministers declare war on Government?

By Easwaran Rutnam? Key Ministers have declared war on the Government over the decision to go ahead with the controversial deal on the transfer of shares of the Kerawalapitiya Power Plant to New Fortress Energy in the US.? Cabinet Ministers Wimal Weerawansa, Udaya Gammanpila and Vasudewa Nanayakkara and State Minister Dayasiri Jayasekara attended a joint conference last evening (Friday) to educate the public on the threat posed by the New Fortress deal. Eleven party leaders who are part of th

30 Oct, 2021

President instructs Foreign Minister to have talks with diaspora

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has instructed Foreign Minister Professor G.L. Peiris to have talks with the diaspora. The Foreign Minister said that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has encouraged him to engage in a dialogue with the diaspora and the Government is also reaching out to the Tamil National Alliance, the Foreign Ministry said. The Foreign Minister said that the Government has also commenced an engagement with civil society organisations. He said the Government has also released some su

29 Oct, 2021