The councilors of the Northern Provincial Council (NPC) today demonstrated inside the council seeking the immediate removal of the Government Agent (GA) of the Vavuniya district.
Earlier this month the NPC passed a resolution unanimously calling the central government to remove the GA on the grounds that he is not cooperating with the people of the district in his administration work and causing difficulties for the various stake holders to carry out their duties.
While the council is scheduled to have a sitting today, the councilors have been blocking the entrance to the chamber demanding action immediately.
The number of Buddhist monks who were killed following the accident at the Na Uyana Theravada Buddhist Monastery (Na Uyana Aranya Senansenaya) in Pansiyagama, Melsiripura, Kurunegala currently stands at nine , with four injured, Minister of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs Prof. Hiniduma Sunil Senevi told Parliament this morning. He revealed that two of the injured Buddhist monks are being treated at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU
Several shops were damaged in a major fire that broke out in a shop on the third floor of a building at First Cross Street in Pettah, Colombo, today evening.
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, addressing the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, said that both inequality and poverty ought to be regarded as a worldwide catastrophe that requires urgent attention.
The opposition has renewed its demand for a long delayed forensic audit into the controversial e-visa deal, following the sentencing of former Controller General of Immigration, Harsha Ilukpitiya, for contempt of court.
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