SLT’s sale will threaten national security - TUs
The sale of state-owned shares of Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) as proposed in president Ranil Wickremesinghe’s budget for next year is a threat to national security, trade unions warn.
The sale of state-owned shares of Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) as proposed in president Ranil Wickremesinghe’s budget for next year is a threat to national security, trade unions warn.
Plaques with the names of LTTE members who died at war were unveiled to mark the commencement of Maaveerar Naal in Jaffna on November 21.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe barely missed being encountered by protesting Tamil women in the Wanni on November 19 who berated him for failing to fulfill the promises he gave as prime minister of the good governance regime.
Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka accused of raping a Sydney woman he met on a dating app has been pictured for the first time since leaving custody on bail.
Advocata Institute, an independent policy think-tank based in Colombo, has won the 2022 Templeton Freedom Award by Atlas Network.
Highlighting the importance of the Sri Lanka-European Union partnership, Foreign Minister Sabry welcomed the EU’s steadfast support to Sri Lanka in the process of socio-economic recovery, including in the provision of humanitarian assistance.
It is futile to think that empty words or talk about fairylands can distract today’s younger generation, said SJB MP Imthiaz Bakeer Marker.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe and UNP chairman Wajira Abeywardena uttered blatant lies when they claimed Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) was incurring losses in an attempt to justify its planned sale, said SJB politician Niroshan Padukka.
The SLFP’s central committee has unanimously decided to suspend the party membership of former president Chandrika Kumaratunga and others who have left the party.
With the vote on the second reading of budget 2023 due at 5.00 pm today (22), parties in the opposition have taken their decisions on how they are going to vote.