COLOMBO (News 1st); The Sri Lankan Parliament will convene from the 21st to the 24th of this month. Time is allotted from 10.00 am to 11.00 am for questions for oral answers, on all days except the 24th. The Adjournment Debate on the first report of the Committee on Public Enterprises pertaining ...

COLOMBO (News 1st); SriLankan Airlines recorded a loss of Rs. 45,674 Million in 2021, revealed the latest report by the Committee on Public Enterprises. It also revealed that while the national carrier was recording losses, a top management official was taking home a salary of Rs. 3.1 Million a m...

COLOMBO (News 1st); M.M.C. Ferdinando, the Chairman of the Ceylon Electricity Board that he mistakenly told the Parliamentary Watchdog COPE that the President told him that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi insisted that a Wind Power Project be awarded to the Adani Group. Speaking exclusively t...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has categoriacally denies a statement made by the Chairman of the Ceylon Electricity Board with regard to awarding a Wind Power Project. "Statement made by the #lka CEB Chairman at a COPE committee hearing regarding the award of a Wind P...

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Ceylon Electricity Board Chairman told the Parliamentary Watchdog that he was told by the President that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was insisting that the energy investments projects be awarded to the Adani Group. Appearing at the Committee on Public Enterprises h...