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President stresses timely completion of urban development and housing projects
6 Jun 2025 (5:56 PM) Locomotive Operating Engineers to halt coastal train operations today?
6 Jun 2025 (10:27 AM) Gayantha Karunathilaka withdraws from committee investigating Dayasiri
6 Jun 2025 (12:24 PM) SriLankan sends special relief flight to Sumatra to transport passengers of grounded plane
6 Jun 2025 (4:45 PM) Former Minister Mervyn Silva indicted before Colombo HC
6 Jun 2025 (11:00 AM) Three including DMT Deputy Commissioner further remanded
6 Jun 2025 (1:29 PM) |
A progress review meeting on the projects implemented by the Ministry of Urban Development, Construction and Housing under the current budget allocations was held today (06) at the Presidential Secretariat, under the patronage of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake. 
The Sri Lanka Railways Locomotive Operating Engineers Union has announced its readiness to withdraw from operating coastal railway services starting at 12 noon today (June 6), in protest over unresolved issues related to the malfunctioning signaling system. 
Chief Opposition Whip Gayantha Karunathilaka has withdrawn from the three-member committee appointed to inquire into a complaint regarding the conduct of Attorney-at-Law and Member of Parliament Dayasiri Jayasekara. 
A special relief flight has departed from Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) to Medan International Airport on the Indonesian island of Sumatra to transport 101 passengers and crew members of SriLankan Airlines flight UL 306, which was grounded due to a technical fault. 
Former Minister Mervyn Silva has been indicted before the Colombo High Court in a case filed by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC), alleging possession of undisclosed cash and assets exceeding Rs. 800 million. 
The Colombo Magistrate s Court has ordered the further remand of three suspects, including a Deputy Commissioner of the Department of Motor Traffic (DMT), who were arrested on suspicion of accepting bribes amounting to nearly Rs. 4.2 million. Copyright © 2007 - 2025 Col3neg. All Rights Reserved.
