The long-awaited Batalanda Commission report, which investigates the alleged establishment of illegal detention centers and torture chambers at the Batalanda housing complex, has been referred to the Attorney General by the Presidential Secretariat following a directive from President Anura Kumara Disanayake.
Speaking at the 125th anniversary celebrations of the Amarapura Ariyavansa Saddhamma Yukthika Nikaya, Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya humbly requested.
The Intertropical Convergence Zone (where winds from the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere converge) affects the island’s weather.
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The Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL), Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe, officially handed over the Financial Statements and Operations Report 2024 of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka to President Anura Kumara Disanayake at the Presidential Secretariat today (29).
The Intertropical Convergence Zone (where winds from the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere converge) affects the island’s weather.
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Following the ten-day "Siri Dalada Vandanawa" religious veneration, a special clean-up operation was carried out at the Kandy Lake by the Clean Sri Lanka Secretariat in collaboration with the Sri Lanka Navy.
SLNS Samudura on 27 Apr 25 set sail from the Port of Colombo to Changi, Singapore to join the International Maritime Defence Exhibition (IMDEX) Asia 2025, Asia Pacific's leading naval and maritime defence event. The vessel was ceremoniously sent off from Colombo, following traditional naval customs.
The specially deployed Tri Forces Humanitarian Assistance and Relief Team returned home recently (26) at Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) after the successful completion of their emergency relief mission in Myanmar.
The Intertropical Convergence Zone (where winds from the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere converge) affects the island’s weather.
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Deputy Minister of Defence, Major General Aruna Jayasekara (Retd), paid tribute at the ANZAC memorial monument during the annual ANZAC Day commemoration held yesterday (Apr 25) at the Jawatte Cemetery in Colombo 05.
The Intertropical Convergence Zone (where winds from the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere converge) affects the island’s weather.
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President Anura Kumara Disanayake visited the Chief Prelates of the Malwathu and Asgiri Chapters of the Siyam Nikaya today (25) and received their blessings.
A MoU on Cooperation between Bandaranaike International Diplomatic Training Institute (BIDTI) of Sri Lanka and Foreign Service Institute (FSI) of the Philippines, the premier diplomatic training institutes in the two countries, was signed at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) of the Philippines in Manila, Philippines recently.
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