Category: Local News

India has approved a $700 million currency swap of dollars for Sri Lankan rupees until the island nation receives an International Monetary Fund loan, the Indian government said on Friday.

Five burnt bodies of unidentified individuals were found inside a van from Buthgampola, Dankotuwa this morning, police said.

A special committee has been appointed under the directive of President Maithripala Sirisena to provide solutions to the grievances faced by journalists.

Former Minister Basil Rajapaksa and former Director General of the Divi Neguma Department R.R.K. Ranawaka have been granted bail by the Colombo High Court over the case filed against the alleged misappropriation of Divi Neguma funds.

The Chief Prelate of the Asgiri chapter of the Siam sect the Most Ven. Galagama Sri Aththadassi Thero has passed away.

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) today arrested the Ven. Uduwe Dhammaloka Thero on charges of illegally keeping a baby elephant in his possession.

The JVP yesterday threatened to block all six roads leading to the Colombo City if the government was not ready to give the fertiliser subsidy to farmers.

Sri Lanka will raise its value added tax and reintroduce capital gains tax to break out of a debt trap, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Tuesday, ahead of talks on a $1.5-billion loan it is seeking from the International Monetary Fund.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has proposed in parliament today that the Value Added Tax (VAT) should be increased to 15 per cent considering the current global economic situation…

The Prime Minister says the Government seeks to create the kind of setting that acknowledges gender equality and ensures protection, recognition and economic empowerment for all women.

President Maithripala Sirisena says that the responsibility of the rulers who love the country and the people as well as scholars and intellectuals is to provide most appropriate things to the people.

Sri Lanka will receive a loan of $1.5 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to boost foreign exchange reserves and avert a balance of payments problem, a government minister said on Monday.

President Maithripala Sirisena says the ‘Maha Shiva Rathri’ which is celebrated by the Hindus world over enhances the spiritual discipline and continues the materiel life in a righteous manner with the divine blessing.

Maha Shivaratri celebration is meant to drive away the darkness with the light of knowledge and also to build unity and togetherness in society, issuing a special message in view of the Maha Shivaratri day Prime Minister Ranil Wickemresinghe said.

The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) Common Workers’ Union accuses that, Minister of Petroleum and Petroleum Gases Chandima Weerakkody and Deputy Minister Anoma Gamage are involved in holding interviews these days to recruit 150 of their close associates

President Maithripala Sirisena has given strict instructions to the police and security forces to take effective actions under a joint plan to control the underworld gangs which are raising their heads recently in the country.