Category: Local News

State Minister of Child Affairs Vijayakala Maheswaran says that the closed water wells in the islands off Jaffna should be immediately inspected under court orders.

COLOMBO, Aug 12 Sri Lanka’s government on Friday agreed a new version of its $1.4 billion real estate agreement with China after changing the terms and blocking the outright sale of land – part of a project covering a square mile right next to the capital’s port.

The Sri Lankan rupee ended steady on Friday as dollar sales by foreign investors and exporters were offset by importer demand for the greenback, dealers said.

C.V. Wigneswaran, chief minister of the Northern Province and member of the Tamil National Alliance, says adopting federalism is the only way to assure transitional justice and provide a long-lasting solution to ethnic conflict.

Sri Lanka’s parliament on Thursday passed a law to establish an office to trace people who disappeared during a 26-year war and another insurrection amid protests by former leader Mahinda Rajapaksa’s supporters in the chamber.

Leading Thai cement manufacturing company, Siyam City has expressed their interest for more investments in Sri Lanka in Puttlam and Galle cement factories.

Sri Lanka’s previous government hid debts of at least 1.36 trillion rupees on the books of some state and semi-government institutions, aggravating the debt crisis, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Wednesday.

The Cabinet nod has been given to draft the proposed Special Deposit Account Act which can grant the residency visa to foreign individuals who bring a large amount of foreign exchange into the country.

Government is taking steps to resurrect the failed projects and strengthen the national economy said, National Policies and Economic Affairs State Minister Niroshan Perera.

Seven Sri Lankans were caught at Kempegowda International Airport in Bangalore while attempting to smuggle in over 2 kg of gold valued at over Rs. 65.70 lakh.

Sri Lanka and India is reported to hold official level talks on the proposed Economic and Technology Cooperation Agreement (ETCA) today in Colombo.

At least 79 migrant workers were rescued by Nepali authorities over the past few weeks, according to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA).

A ceremony, organized by the Buddhist television and radio channels, was held under the patronage of President Maithripala Sirisena to illuminate the premises of historical Gal Viharaya in Polonnaruwa on August 06.

Veteran actor Vijaya Nandasiri passed away a short while ago while receiving treatment at the Colombo South Teaching Hospital.

The Chief Minister of the Tamil-majority Northern Province of Sri Lanka, C.V. Vigneswaran, has said that accountability for the war crimes allegedly committed in the last phase of Eelam War IV must be established before the Sri Lankan government formulates a new constitution to address the basic political question.

Disciplinary action will be taken against Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) General Secretary Duminda Dissanayake, who is also the Minister for Agriculture, over the malpractice he allegedly committed while in office, said SLFP member of the Joint Opposition, MP Vidura Wickremenayake.