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Partner Inquiries: advertising@lankadispatch.comThe Parliament of Sri Lanka is a unicameral legislature of 225 Members of Parliament (196 elected from 22 multi-member electoral districts and 29 appointed via the National List) serving a five-year term. Executive Cabinet decisions are announced weekly following the Tuesday Cabinet of Ministers meeting in Colombo.
One person is killed and five wounded in a series of attacks and the suspected gunman has been apprehended.
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Switzerland says patient is wife of Swiss diplomat and believed to have contracted virus while travelling in UgandaHealth officials across Africa are racing to determine how Nigeria’s first Ebola patient in more than a decade became infec...
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has revealed that the Ministry of Finance has appointed a committee to examine the closure orContinue Reading The post Government moves to shut down or merge 34 state institutions appeared first on Newswir...
Senior Professor Venerable Gallelle Sumanasiri Thera, Chief Incumbent of Molagoda Kotamudungala Raja Maha Viharaya and holder of the title of Agga Maha Pandita, has been appointed the new Chancellor of Sabaragamuwa University. The appointme...
MP Chamara Sampath Dassanayake and his former secretary have been granted bail in four bribery cases filed by the CommissionContinue Reading The post Chamara Sampath granted bail in four bribery cases, further remanded in another appeared f...
This is President Peter Mutharika's fifth visit to South Africa this year.
Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court today (Oct. 23) ordered former minister and Badulla District MP Chamara Sampath Dasanayake and his former secretary remain in remand custody until Nov. 06. The case was taken up before Chief Magistrate Asang...
The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) has called for the immediate withdrawal and substantial revision of the proposed Prevention of Organised Crime Bill, warning that the draft law is "wholly incompatible" with the country's Con...
On 14 October 2026, the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Belgium, in collaboration with the Department of Commerce, the Ministry of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development of Sri Lanka, and the EU-funded AGRINFO programme implemented by the Commit...
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Partner Inquiries: advertising@lankadispatch.comThe Ministry of Buddhasasana has informed the Kotte Sri Kalyani Samagri Dharma Maha Sangha Sabha that Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) General Secretary Ven. Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera will not be produced before the court today (Oct. 23). The cla...
By Shamindra Ferdinando Police spokesman ASP F.U. Wootler said yesterday that the police legal division would most probably consult the Attorney General's Department regarding the Gampaha Magistrate Bandula Gunarathna's directive in respect...
The Cabinet of Ministers typically convenes on Mondays, and official Cabinet decisions are briefed to the media by the Cabinet Spokesperson at the Department of Government Information on Tuesday mornings.
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