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By Tania Moses
The Labour and Foreign Employment Ministry has so far issued 111 electric vehicle import permits under its newly introduced program to allow Sri Lankan migrant workers to import an electric vehicle for remitting foreign exchange to the country through official and legal channels.
Labour and Foreign Employment Minister Manusha Nanayakkara said the ministry had introduced...
On May 16, the fishing vessel ‘Lupen Yuanyu 028’ belonging to the Chinese authorities, which set sail from Cape Town, South Africa to Busan, South Korea, capsized in the deep seas in the Australian Search And Rescue (SAR) Zone, southwest of Australia. Its crew of 39 included 17 Chinese, 17 Indonesian and five Philippine nationals.
The tragedy made headlines in the...
The three-member committee appointed by former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to look into the violent incidents of May 9 last year, including arson and destruction of houses and property, presented its report to the Court of Appeal on Friday.
The committee comprising Admiral of the Fleet Wasantha Karannagoda (Chairman), Marshal of the Air Force Roshan Gunatilleke and...
Third reading passed by two-thirds majority
The third reading of the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution which was passed in Parliament by a two-thirds majority on Friday will pave the way to set up Independent Commissions again.
The Election Commission, Judicial Service Commission, National Police Commission, Public Service Commission, Audit Service Commission, Human Rights Commission, Commission to Investigate...