Category: Local News

The Sri Lankan government has declared April 15 (Monday) as a public holiday for all state employees, the Ministry of Home Affairs announced.

Following customs and traditions, the ‘Nekath Seettuwa’, the table of auspicious times for this year’s Sinhala and Tamil New Year, was presented to President Ranil Wickremesinghe at the Presidential Secretariat today (April 10).

If the economy of Sri Lanka gets better next year, there will be a possibility of importing vehicles, said Finance State Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya.

Despite making Rs. 5 billion in profit yearly from expressways in Sri Lanka, Minister Bandula Gunawardana said it might take 160 years to pay off the Rs. 800 billion loan used to build them.

The Colombo Grand Mosque has announced that it will celebrate ‘Eid-al-Fitr’ (also known as Ramadan) today (April 10) due to the sighting of the new moon.

Sri Lanka’s Cabinet of Ministers has granted approval for local students to enroll in the MBBS medical degree program on a payment basis at General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (KDU), starting this year.

According to Reuters, the world has just witnessed its warmest March on record, concluding a 10-month streak during which each month set a new temperature record, as stated by the European Union’s climate change monitoring service on Tuesday.

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe emphasized the importance of modernizing the legal system to effectively implement the government’s program aimed at fostering rapid economic growth in the country.

The UK government has tweaked its travel advice for Sri Lanka, but campaigners believe further changes are still required.

Nearly Rs. 200 billion has been paid in 2023 alone to provide relief to the people affected by the economic crisis, Presidential Director General (Community Affairs) Mr. Rajith Keerthi Thennakoon said.

The newly established Training Centre of the National Cadet Corps (NCC) was declared open by State Minister of Defence Premitha Bandara Tennakoon amidst the blessings of Venerable Maha Sangha, Hindu, Muslim, and Christian religious dignitaries in Mullaitivu yesterday (April 07).

President Ranil Wickremesinghe inaugurated the flyover spanning the railway line linking Kompanna Vidiya with Justice Akbar Mawatha and Uttarananda Mawatha today (April 08).

Nimal Siripala de Silva has been appointed as the acting Chairman of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP).

The President’s Fund is in the final stages of providing scholarships to 6,000 economically disadvantaged students who passed the G.C.E. Ordinary Level Examination in 2022/2023. Payments for outstanding installments from March and April 2024 will be paid together with the May payment, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said.

A Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) Corporal, who was attached to the Sri Lanka Air Force Rugby pool, was killed in a shooting by the police and Special Task Force (STF) at Angamuwa in Padukka this morning (April 08).

The Security Forces-Wanni (SF-Wanni) organized a programme with the participation of retired/medically retired servicemen and next of kin of deceased war heroes at the Regimental Centre of the Gajaba Regiment on Saturday (April 06).