COLOMBO (News 1st); Ports and Shipping Minister Rohitha Abeygunawardena says that the Adani investment is the strongest investment in Sri Lanka, however not a single plot of the land will be sold to anyone. Abeygunawardena alleged that those who accuse the Government of selling the land in the co...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Trade Unions representing the Energy, Petroleum, and Ports sector have jointly called on the government to withdraw the cabinet paper on leasing 13 acres of land from the Colombo Harbour. These trade unions have also called on the government to immediately suspend any attempt ...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Basil Rajapaksa is an all-rounder, said Sri Lanka's Ports and Shipping Minister Rohitha Abeygunawardena on Wednesday (07). 'When you take a cricket team, there are the bowlers and the batsmen. However, it is the all-rounder who is always highlighted,' he said while affirming t...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka's Ports & Shipping Minister has assured that the X-Press Pearl wreck has not obstructed the shipping lanes leading to the Colombo Harbour. "The wreck poses no threat to the outer harbour as well," said Minister Rohitha Abeygunawardena on Monday (14). "This was...

COLOMBO (News 1st); A Fundamental Rights application was filed with the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka on Friday (04) seeking an order be made on Ports & Shipping Minister Rohitha Abeygunawardena and relevant officials, to conduct a special investigation on how the sinking X-Press Pearl container sh...