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Tamil National People’s Front (TNPF) leader and Jaffna District Member of Parliament (MP) Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam has requested Speaker Jagath WickramaratneContinue Reading The post Parliament seating : Not next to Archchuna please…

The government has extended by three months the grace period granted to owners of older vehicles to install seat beltsContinue Reading The post Expressway rules: Older vehicles get 3-month grace period to install seat belts appeared first…

Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism Minister Vijitha Herath says the Government will soon present a new Foreign Employment ActContinue Reading The post 7 key updates for Sri Lankan migrant workers appeared first on Newswire.

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has appointed Kumarasingam Kunanathan as the new Chief Secretary of the Eastern Province. Secretary to theContinue Reading The post New Chief Secretary appointed for Eastern Province appeared first on…

A retail trader in Colpetty has been fined Rs. 600,000 by the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court after pleading guilty toContinue Reading The post Colpetty trader fined Rs. 600,000 over expired, improperly labelled food items appeared first…

The inaugural ceremony of the President’s Fund’s ‘Sarasavi Diriyo Abhiman’ scholarship programme for students with disabilities studying at Sri Lanka’sContinue Reading The post President’s Fund launches scholarship programme for university…

Opposition MP Mujibur Rahman has questioned the government over a statement made by a prison official, claiming that the NegomboContinue Reading The post MP Mujibur claims Negombo Prison unrest could have been avoided appeared first on…

Traffic along the Dematagoda–Peliyagoda route was disrupted this afternoon (08) after a container overturned at the Orugodawatta junction within theContinue Reading The post Traffic disrupted : Container overturns at Orugodawatta Junction…

US President Donald Trump mistakenly claimed that the “Islamic Republic of Japan” had fired 111 missiles at the USS AbrahamContinue Reading The post WATCH : Trump mistakenly invents “Islamic Republic of Japan” appeared first on Newswire.

Sri Lankan-born Professor Nishan Canagarajah, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Leicester, has been knighted by King Charles III at anContinue Reading The post Sri Lankan-born Professor Nishan Canagarajah knighted by King Charles…