Mar 31 (DN) Over 30,000 athletes from 1,300 schools will compete for the Sir John Tarbat Athletic Championship which is the oldest school athletics event in SL’s sporting history and is conducted by SL Schools Athletics Association (SLSAA) and is organised and coordinated under the supervision of the Education Ministry. Starting off the events and building on the immense success of the previous years, the 3rd Ritzbury Relay Carnival will be conducted on an even grander scale more..

Mar 31 (Island) Dr. Neville Hewage said that the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the Ontario Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada had determined that alleged Tamil genocide hadn’t taken place in SL. The academic, who successfully moved the Canadian courts, said that, therefore, the much-touted Tamil Genocide Education Week Act (TGEWA), in terms of the ruling given by the Ontario Court of Appeal and more..

Mar 31 (FT) German Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and PM Dr. Harini Amarasuriya attended the 102nd East Asia friendship dinner, the annual gathering of the German Asia-Pacific Business Association (OAV), as Guests of Honour. For the 102nd time, more than 300 representatives from business, politics and diplomacy gathered on Friday in the ballroom of Hamburg City Hall, Germany’s second largest city and a major European port city. Other notable attendees included more..

Mar 31 (Island) Former MPs’ pensions cost the state coffers as much as Rs. 34,826,308.12 in Jan this year. Of this amount, Rs. 23,385,520.77 was allocated to 328 former MPs, while Rs. 11,020,666.14 was paid as pensions to 182 widows and widowers of former MPs. Additionally, Rs. 421,121.21 was disbursed for the benefit of disabled children of ex-MPs. This information was revealed in response to a RTI request submitted to Parliament by the investigative team of fact seeker group more..

Mar 31 (FT) Prez Anura Kumara Disanayake announced that Govt will disclose the names of a significant number of individuals responsible for the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks before 21 April. He made these remarks addressing a meeting held in Deiyandara, reaffirming his administration’s commitment to justice and accountability. Prez emphasised that his Govt is actively investigating various crimes, including fraud & corruption. more..