Deputy Minister Sarana absconds courts and flee abroad On the 29th of March 2009 in the Veeraguru village deputy minister of the Petroleum industries Ministry has fired some shots into the air and had abducted a small boy .A case in this regard had been pending in courts. The Police has been request to impound [...]

Only ‘Buddhism’ is against the constitution The All Ceylon Hindu society has requested the government to bring a stop to several Buddhist organisations that have been formed who are trying to give priority to Sinhalese Buddhists neglecting the rights of all other religions. This domination they want it be stopped. The President of the All [...]

A new oil refinery to be built even with a foreign loan There have been barriers when purchasing oil from Iran. Hence it has been decided to build a new refinery at the Sapugaskanda petroleum corporation. This matter is been contemplated seriously by the government. The Minister of the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation,Anura Priyadarshana Yapa is [...]

For the strike no bus associations were involved In protest of the electricity tariff hike a massive strike of the trade unions were organised. It is learnt that no bus association had involved in the strike and all busses had run to schedules. The National transport commission has been informed from all parts of the [...]

No leave for CTB employees on Vesak week The CTB officials have notified that all leave for drivers, conductors and technicians have been cancelled from yesterday for one week until the Veska week is over. Al depots have been informed that this decision had been made to incres the productivity of the Board. The Director [...]