Category: Local News

Indian MDMK general secretary Vaiko has released a letter written by LTTE leader V. Prabhakaran to DMK leader M. Karunanidhi

President Maithripala Sirisena left the country today (Sep. 18) to attend the 71st United Nations General Assembly to be held at the UN Headquarters in New York.

Sri Lanka on Saturday asked the international community to ban all fishing methods that harm marine eco-systems worldwide.

The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) hopes to make representations to the Canadian Government over the ruling of a Federal Court where an application of a TNA member who sought refugee status was dismissed.

India has told Sri Lanka that it can help put up a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG )-fired power plant as desired by Sri Lanka at Sampur or any other location

The Special Commodity Levy on imported white sugar has been increased to Rs 2.00 per kilogram and Rs 15 per kilogram on raw sugar with effect from midnight yesterday, the Finance Ministry announced.

Sri Lanka told the 33rd session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Thursday, that constructive engagement with the Special Procedures and the UN system as a whole has benefitted Sri Lanka “significantly”, and it looks forward to continuing the engagement.

India on Thursday signed an MoU with Sri Lanka to support livelihood of the fishing and farming communities by providing them equipment worth USD two million in the country’s southern Hambantota district.

Parliamentarian Mahindananda Aluthgamage was arrested by the CID a short while ago, the Police said.

Sri Lanka’s Cabinet of Ministers have approved the new amendments to Value Added Tax (VAT) Bill.

Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) will implement a National Standard for plugs and socket outlets in Sri Lanka for non-industrial applications.

Sri Lanka has stopped issuing on-arrival visas for Bangladeshi nationals without informing Dhaka, officials at the Bangladesh foreign ministry said.

The Attorney General yesterday told the Supreme Court that the Ministry of Power and Renewable Energy would not go ahead with the proposed joint-venture coal-fired power project with India at Sampur, Trincomalee.

Sri Lanka fiscal deficit goal for 2016 would still be challenging despite a better-than-expected performance in the first half by the coalition government due to possible populist policies ahead of local elections next year, economists said on Tuesday.

President Maithripala Sirisena says the next year will be planned as a year for implementation of well planned programmes for promotion of Buddhism.

Scores of suspected war criminals seeking to live in Britain escaped deportation thanks to a series of blunders.