Putin Speaks Out Regarding Reported Death of Prigozhin
Vladimir Putin Ends Silence on Yevgeny Prigozhin's Reported Death, More Than 24 Hours After the Wagner Chief's Private Jet Crash
Russia's President acknowledged that the...
Biden Not Taken Aback by News of Death of Wagner Chief Yevgeny Prigozhin
On Wednesday, U.S. President Joe Biden expressed his lack of surprise regarding reports suggesting the death of Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of Russian mercenaries...
Navin Dissanayake appointed Governor of Sabaragamuwa Province
Former Minister Navin Dissanayake was appointed the new Governor of Sabaragamuwa Province today (June 13).
He was sworn in before President Ranil Wickremesinghe, according to...
Sri Lanka at 75 is a failed state, says former President Chandrika
Despite possessing enviable social indicators at the time of Independence in 1948, Sri Lanka, at 75, is a “failed state”, former President Chandrika Bandaranaike...
Outgoing South Korean envoy calls on President
The outgoing South Korean Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Woonjin Jeong called on President Ranil Wickremesinghe at the Presidential Secretariat yesterday (06 April).
Jeong, who officially...
State Minister Shantha Bandara appointed as Acting Mass Media Minister
State Minister of Mass Media, Shantha Bandara, has been appointed as the Acting Minister of Mass Media.
Accordingly, Bandara was appointed as the Acting State...
Local Government election to be postponed again
The 2023 Local Government (LG) election is likely to be postponed once again, as per sources within the Election Commission.
Earlier in a special gazette...
Postal voting of LG election not to be held on scheduled dates
The Election Commission says the postal voting of the 2023 Local Government polls will not go ahead as planned. The postal voting was scheduled...
Gammanpila challenges the Central Bank Bill
MP and Pivithuru Hela Urumaya Leader Udaya Gammanpila yesterday filed an application in the Supreme Court challenging the Central Bank Bill that the latter...
Finance Secretary barred from withholding budget allocations for elections
Supreme Court issued an interim order on the country's Finance Secretary, and the Attorney General who represents the Finance Minister preventing them from withholding...