President asks Forest Department to withdraw cases against illegal occupiers of protected land
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today demanded forest officials to withdraw cases filed against those who had entered areas gazetted as protected...
“Members of the Bench and the Bar will be the best judges of my conduct”
In the run-up to the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) election, an increasing smear campaign against leading candidate PC...
Government request public to display national flag for a week
The Government has requested all residences, government and private institutions and vehicles to display the National Flag on the occasion...
Group of migrant workers harassed by employers return to Sri Lanka
A total of 293 Sri Lankans arrived on a special flight from Qatar today after being harassed by their employers...
Archbishop calls for a referendum on Eastern Terminal deal
The President of the Government Medical Officers' Association, Dr. Anuruddha Padeniya, told Lankasara that Archbishop Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith had suggested...
Eastern terminal deal threatens to implode government
A senior minister told Lankasara that the decision to lease the Eastern Terminal of the Colombo Port to India has...
Vegetable prices skyrocket in Sri Lanka!
The prices of vegetables at the Dambulla Economic Center has shot up according to sources. The decline in stocks of...
Newly appointed Jaffna Mayor makes Tamil first on sign boards
By Dinasena Rathugamage The newly appointed Mayor of Jaffna has commenced changing the signboards which feature Sinhala first and Tamil...
Port workers begin protest declaring work to rule strike
The All Ceylon Ports General Employees Union (ACPPEU) launched its first trade union action today (29) at 12 noon. The...
Ukraine bans use of Russian COVID-19 vaccines
Ukraine’s parliament on Friday approved a bill intended to speed up the approval of COVID-19 vaccines, which also bans the...
