Category: Local News

Water supply to Akuressa, Malimbada, Matara, Mirissa, Dondra, Gandara, Kottagoda and Dickwella have been suspended temporarily after 15,000 litres of diesel leaked to the river from an underground tank of a fuel station.

Sri Lanka’s prime minister on Friday promised greater political power to the island’s Tamil minority under a new constitution aimed at preventing a return to ethnic war and healing the wounds of the past.

Thai Pongal is a festive occasion that signifies the everlasting relationship between human beings and nature, President Maithripala Sirisena said in a Thai Pongal message.

Tamil Nadu government announced that 55 out of 104 fishermen from the state, who were arrested by the Sri Lanka in recent months, were released on Thursday.

Uduwe Dhammaloka Thera who was summoned by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) yesterday to record a statement into an incident where a two-and a-half-year-old elephant calf was found inside the Thera’s temple

Sri Lankan share index recovered on Wednesday after hitting over 18-month lows in the previous session, as investors picked up battered banking and telecommunications shares, brokers said.

I have been encouraged and impressed by President Sirisena’s government, his commitment to tackle the legacy of Sri Lanka’s conflict – and his keenness to restore democracy

The Sri Lankan rupee ended steady on Tuesday as late importer dollar demand helped offset bank and exporter dollar sales, dealers said.

It is not the policy of my government to treat one district more and the other districts less in the country’s development process, said President Maithripala Sirisena.

Sri Lanka is to go ahead with a $1.4 billion Chinese-backed real estate project after some changes to its terms, a minister said on Tuesday, signalling readiness to accept more Chinese investment in the face of a balance-of-payment crisis.

Secretary to the President P.B. Abeykoon says that there is no official song was released to mark the one year completion of the democratic governance under the leadership of President Maithripala Sirisena.

Former External Affairs Minister Prof. G. L. Peiris yesterday said the UNP-SLFP coalition would amend Prime Minister’s Ranil Wickremesinghe’s resolution for enacting a new Constitution.

An unidentified investor has promised to park $1 billion in dollar deposits in Sri Lanka to help the island nation defend its currency…

Two persons from the Movement against the Meethotamulla Garbage Dump were arrested this morning for contempt of court, Police said.

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena says he would not govern the country without the advice and guidance of the Maha Sanga.

Minister of Port and Shipping Arjuna Ranatunga says he would take legal action against Speaker and Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) Chairman Thilanga Sumathipala.