State Minister Chamal Rajapaksa told Parliament yesterday that the government was investigating the causes of yesterday’s countrywide power outage and if it was due to sabotage those responsible would be severely dealt with.

Renowned actor Sarath Chandrasiri has passed away at the age of 57 while receiving treatment at the General Hospital in Colombo.

A frenzied mob in Pakistan tortured a Sri Lankan man to death and then burnt his body in public, according to local media reports.

A breakdown in electricity supply is being experienced in many parts of Sri Lanka due to a transmission failure, confirmed by the Ministry of Power and Energy.

First case of Omicron variant of the COVID-19 has been detected in Sri Lanka today, confirmed the Health Promotion Bureau.

Veteran stage and teledrama actor Sampath Thennakoon has passed away at the age of 62.

The Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) has arrested a 25-year-old man from Hingula yesterday (02) suspected to have links with Easter Sunday attack, Police Spokesman SSP Nihal Thalduwa said.

With the prevailing shortage of agrochemicals including fertilizer and the current foreign currency deficit faced by the country, the prices of essential goods in the market have sky-rocketed.

The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL), the electricity sector regulator and the designated regulator for the petroleum industry, together with Sri Lanka Standards Institute (SLSI) has already formulated a standard for the much-talked LP gas in September this year and is ready to regulate LP Gas and other related industries, PUCSL Chairman Janaka Ratnayake said.

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday said that various forces are active to manipulate this country in a way that even journalists do not understand.

Sri Lanka Government has temporarily suspended the distribution of domestic LP gas cylinders across the country, with immediate effect.

National People’s Power Parliamentarian Vijitha Herath says the government that came into power claiming to ensure national security has failed to ensure the safety of households.

A plan by Sri Lanka’s central bank to encourage migrant workers to remit funds using formal channels is unlikely to fix the country’s precarious financial position, experts said on Thursday.

Former Governor Azath Salley has been acquitted by the Colombo High Court in the case filed against him over the controversial remarks made during a media briefing held last year.

Sri Lanka is confident of being able to “seamlessly” repay all of its sovereign debt that comes due in 2022, Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal said on Wednesday, while exploring new instruments to make its debt profile more sustainable.