Category: Local News

One of India’s most popular and powerful politicians, J Jayalalitha, remains in a critical condition after suffering a heart attack on Sunday night, the hospital treating her said.

The Colombo High Court granted bail to former General Secretary of the United National Party Tissa Attanayake, who was in remand custody.

Religious Freedom has been ensured in Sri Lanka, as religious philosophies help people live more virtuously and disciplinedly, said President Maithripala Sirisena.

With the objective of introducing a pension scheme for private sector employees, the Government is considering a proposal to bring the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) and Employees Trust Fund (ETF) under the Treasury

Indian Railways has got the export order of supplying 10 locomotives and six DMU train sets to Sri Lanka. The total size of the order is Rs 700 crore (Indian rupees).

Vice President-elect of the USA, Mike Pence telephoned President Maithripala Sirisena on December 1 night on behalf of President-elect Donald Trump.

The Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) generated a revenue of approximately Rs 120 million on Friday (2), as private bus operators across the country engaged in a strike action.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is to meet IGP Pujith Jayasundara today over the controversial cellular phone call the IGP had made with reference to an arrest by the FCID.

President Maithripala Sirisena said the present need in the island is not for political heroes but individuals who can solve the country’s issues in a just manner.

Commuters have been largely inconvenienced due to the private bus strike which came into effect at midnight on December 01.

US Vice President-elect Mike Pence discussed bilateral relations with Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena, in a phone conversation today, the President’s Media Division said.

President Maithripala Sirisena informed Parliament yesterday that he would call for explanation from IGP Pujith Jayasundara over the latter’s recent remarks on taking persons into custody by the Financial Crimes Investigation Division during a police commemorative event at Ratnapura.

President Maitripala Sirisena has instructed IGP to check VIP vehicles driven haphazardly with burning headlights and to report on the VIPs on board.

The Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) is set to counter strike launched by certain private bus operators by increasing the SLTB fleet to 6,000, SLTB Chairman Ramal Siriwardena said yesterday.

The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) called a one-day islandwide strike yesterday (30) to protest against several 2017 Budgetary proposals.

Sri Lanka has proposed a penalty of up to Rs17 crore (Indian rupees) on foreign boats that enter another country’s territorial waters for fishing, in the backdrop of a running spat with India over the latter’s fishermen straying into its waters.