Category: Local News

The decision to impose a steep fine of Rs.25,000 for overtaking a vehicle from the left side was taken by the Transport Minister mistakenly during the meeting at the Finance Ministry, Lanka Private Bus Owners’ Association President Gemunu Wijeratne said.

The caging of animals at the Dehiwela Zoo will be abolished by March next year while arrangements will be made to provide proper care to the animals

The Defence establishment has denied having any record of 32 Sri Lankan Muslims joining Islamic State (IS) also known as ISIS in recent times

The government will soon ban the selling of cigarettes separately, Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne said yesterday during a meeting held with Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA).

Northern Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran on Tuesday called for greater dialogue between people of Sri Lanka’s north and south.

The SLFP says it will push for the recovery of ill-gotten money from those involved in the Central Bank bond scams.

The government has appointed a high-powered ministerial group to diffuse religious tensions in the country.

Sri Lanka sees no threat from nuclear power plants in India, a Minister said on Tuesday.

A Sri Lanka-born New York university staffer has filed a complaint against his varsity for paying him nearly USD 100,000 a year for “zero work” after he felt sick of spending most of his time at work feeding birds and squirrels and watching cricket

Plans are afoot to set up an automated system to pay traffic fines, a Law and Order and Southern Development Ministry progress report for 2016 stated. According to the report tabled in Parliament yesterday

The Sri Lankan rupee ended firmer on Monday as exporter dollar sales surpassed early greenback demand from importers on worries capital outflows would increase as incoming U.S. President Donald Trump’s policies were seen guiding U.S. rates higher and strengthening the dollar.

The fines for six traffic violations including drunk driving will be increased to Rs.25,000, Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva says.

A Toronto man who was imprisoned and tortured while visiting Sri Lanka must be compensated for the abuses he suffered, the United Nations Human Rights Committee has ruled.

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday accused the government of suppressing the media at a time when the country’s attention was on the budget and constitutional reforms.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Saturday said Sri Lanka’s macroeconomic and financial conditions have begun to stabilize and the island nation’s performance under its $1.5 billion loan programme is satisfactory.

“What we have to do for the motherland is not the easy tasks but face the difficult tasks and win them”, says President Maithripala Sirisena.