Category: Local News

The blanket ban to restrict indiscriminate use of polythene bags at groceries and retail outlets will come into effect from today, January 1, 2016.

The prices of cigarettes have increased with effect from today (Jan. 01), the Ceylon Tobacco Company PLC (CTC) said.

This New Year dawns with the refreshing promise of a new era – one that ushers in the dividends of democracy, fulfilling the long held aspirations of the people, Sri Lanka Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe said in his New Year message.

Our common determination in the New Year should be to safeguard the harmony through the strength of unity and cooperation, stated President Maithripala Sirisena in his New Year message.

Under Rajapaksa regime, Muslims were living in a reign of terror. They were not sure how many Muslim places of worship would be destroyed and how many Muslim properties would be damaged, UNP MP Mujibur Rahman told Arab News in an interview.

The Megapolis Development Plan formulated for entire megapolis development in the island including Western Province was presented to President Maithripala Sirisena yesterday (Dec. 30) at the Presidential Secretariat.

President Maithripala Sirisena says he would not allow anybody who embraces alien cultures and give higher values for them to destroy the greatness of the motherland and our proud culture.

A lawyer and his wife have sent a letter of demand to Live Events demanding Rs.22 million for “loss, damage and mental stress” experienced during the Enrique Iglesias concert held recently.

In a statement to clear any misunderstanding that the Sri Lankan mission in the Kingdom was not involved in seeking clemency for the Sri Lankan maid, who was recently spared from being sentenced to death for adultery

Five persons have been killed due to an accident between a van and a bus at Dummaladeniya in Warakapola, Police said a short while ago.

The past year marked important democratic gains in Sri Lanka and few other countries, US Secretary of State John Kerry says.

The Police would not hesitate to take legal action against Parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra if the investigations found evidence to the effect that she had aided and abetted the recent abduction of a youth, said ASP Ruwan Gunasekara yesterday.

The National Water Supply and Drainage Board (NWSDB) employees currently engaged in trade union action threatened yesterday to cut down the countrywide water supply if the government failed to address their grievances.

Chief Minister C.V.Wigneswaran, has clarified that the Tamil Makkal Peravai (TMP), which he has floated, is not a rival to the Tamil National Alliance (TNA).

The blanket ban to restrict indiscriminate use of polythene bags at groceries and retail outlets will come into effect from January 1, 2016.

Popular Sri Lankan cricketers Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardena today issued a statement addressing several issues raised regarding “Enrique’s ‘Love and Sex’ “concert held in Colombo.