Reuters – Hungary expects to have to introduce two more economic stimulus programs next year as growth slows in the European Union, its main trading partner, Prime Minister Viktor Orban stated on Saturday (July 27). Orban’s economic policy has focused on maintaining an economic growth rate exceeding the European Union average by 2 percentage points. […]
Hungary PM Orban flags more economic stimulus plans for 2020
COLOMBO (News 1st) – Operations including academic activities of several universities have been interrupted as a result of the token strike being carried out by university non-academic staff. The co-chairperson of the committee Dhammika Priyantha stated that they have 11 demands including, resolution of salary anomalies, the increase of the Monthly Compensatory Allowance (MCA), implementation […]
COLOMBO (News 1st) – The Sri Lanka Navy has arrested 6 Indian nationals while transporting 2,379Kg of Beedi leaves on an Indian vessel. According to the Navy, the arrests have been made in the seas Northwest of Sri Lanka. The Beedi leaves were discovered when the Sri Lanka Navy inspected a suspicious vessel sailing from international […]
Reuters – Indian and Pakistani troops exchanged heavy fire along the border in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, injuring three civilians, including a ten-day-old infant and a woman, on Sunday (July 28). Firing reportedly began on Sunday afternoon in Shahpur and Saujiyan sector of Poonch district, along the de-facto border, Line of Control (LoC), between […]
Three civilians including infant injured in border firing in Kashmir
COLOMBO (News 1st) – The Supreme court ordered the Sri Lanka Medical Council (SLMC) to register 82 SAITM graduates in order to facilitate them to practice medicine. The order was delivered following the examination of a petition filed by three graduates of SAITM. The petition was examined by a bench compromising of justices Buveneka Aluvihare, […]
COLOMBO (News 1st) – A member of the banned extremist group known as the National Thawheed Jamaath has been arrested in the Kekunagolla area at Katupotha. According to the Police, the name of the arrested suspect is Muhammadu Abdul Cader Cassim and he is a 28-year-old resident of Katupotha. Police added the suspect had received weapons […]
COLOMBO (News 1st) – Parliamentarian Duminda Dissanayake has been summoned to testify before the Presidential Commission appointed to probe fraud and corruption, today at 9.30 am(July 30). He has been called to testify as part of an inquiry being carried out regarding the building which houses the Ministry of Agriculture. It has been revealed that the […]
Agriculture Ministry Building : Duminda Dissanayake to testify before the PCoI
The Department of Meteorology says showers or thundershowers are likely in parts of the Northern, North-central, Eastern and Uva provinces t...
