Category: Local News

INDIA: Anand police on Wednesday arrested three persons in connection with the kidney racket at Pandoli village in Petlad taluka of the district.

“Though the previous government delivered goods of high costs among the people in the North, there was no smile on their faces….

Four charred bodies including that of two children who are suspected to have died due to electrocution were found by Dehiwela Police inside a house in Kawdana, Dehiwela last morning.

President Maithripala Sirisena has taken a decision to ban importation of cigarettes and tobacco to Sri Lanka 2020 onwards. As doctors we admire this decision a lot, Health Services Director General Dr. Palitha Mahipala stated.

CHENNAI: The state government should exert pressure on the Centre to stop the arrest and harassment of Tamil Nadu fishermen by Sri Lankan naval forces, said DMK chief M Karunanidhi said on Tuesday.

Sri Lankan rupee forwards eased slightly in dull trade on Tuesday as importer dollar demand surpassed greenback sales by banks amid growing uncertainty after the announcement of new tax hikes weighed on the currency, dealers said.

President Maithripala Sirisena has appointed a special committee to make recommendations to the Government regarding the steps that should be taken immediately on nationwide power failure…

Sri Lanka will soon introduce new laws to allow foreign capital to enter the micro-finance sector, Central Bank Governor Arjuna Mahendran said.

President Maithripala Sirisena today directed army to be deployed to provide security for all Ceylon Electricity Board installations and substations in the country.

Yoshitha Rajapaksa and four others, who were arrested and remanded on money laundering charges, have been granted bail by the Colombo High Court today.

Secretary to Power and Renewable Energy Ministry Dr. Suren Batagoda said that tripping of substation at Biyagama may have caused yesterday’s countywide power outage.

Chairman of the Ceylon Electricity Board Anura Wijepala has decided to step down from his post.

“The representatives of the reconciliation should visit not only the North, but also the South. They should educate the people in the North and the South about the reconciliation process”, says President Maithripala Sirisena.

Sri Lankan authorities have launched a massive probe into a dubious NGO here that tried to sneak in millions of US dollars stolen by Chinese hackers from the Bangladesh Central Bank

Price of a kilogramme of wheat flour has been increased by Rs.7.20.

The Government has sought new loans from China to carry out various projects and proposes to set up a joint venture with that country to develop the Mattala International Airport, a minister said yesterday.