Category: Local News

The Cabinet has decided to reduce the registration fee for news websites to Rs.25,000 while the annual renewal fee has also been reduced to Rs.10,000, the Government Information Department stated. […]

A meeting was held on Thursday to brief the media about the damage caused to various sectors, following the use of sub- standard diesel. The following are some of the views expressed during the briefing. […]

The sports minister of Sri Lanka has accused the national Olympic Committee of failing to follow his advice to send personal coaches together with the country’s Olympic athletes. Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage also dismisses the accusation by the team captain Niluka Karunaratne that the authorities did not allow his coach to come to London despite requesting […]

A couple has committed suicide by jumping in front of a moving train near the Katugoda tunnel in Galle. […]

The Lakwijaya Power Plant at Norochcholai had automatically shut down today due to the tripping of a transmission line from Norochcholai to Veyangoda. The shutdown deprived the national grid of 300MV, the Ministry of Power and Energy said. […]

‘Defence Seminar – 2012’, organized by the Sri Lanka Army began a short while ago at the Galadari Hotel, Colombo. The annual international gathering brings together senior military personnel, administrators, bureaucrats and intellectuals to share experiences and discuss matters on a range of issues related to Sri Lanka’s post-conflict achievements and development. […]

The Department of Motor Traffic is set to introduce a new vehicle registration combination with the English letters ‘AAA’ for three wheelers, the Government Information Department stated. […]

Lawyer of MP Duminda Silva informed the Colombo Magistrate today that Mr.Silva would not be able to come to Sri Lanka for at least two months as he had to undergo another surgery in Singapore today. […]

  A diesel bowser has toppled near Diyagama on the Hatton-Colombo main road, the Disaster Management Centre confirmed. The assistance of the Army and police has been sought to prevent fuel from flowing into the Mahaweli river. […]

President’s Counsel Faiz Mustapha yesterday gave an undertaking to the Supreme Court that no admission would be made to any of the universities for the academic year commencing on October 15 until the complaint filed by the old syllabus students was settled. […]

A new traffic plan will be implemented in and around the Colombo National Hospital from today (06). […]

A 28-year-old youth was shot and killed in Mukarawewa, Horowpathana after an argument over a land dispute had escalated, police said. […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa met Vice Chancellors and Deans of universities at Temple Trees yesterday to discuss issues relating to the ‘Z Score’ calculations and higher education in general. […]

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jeyalalitha Jeyaram and DMK Chief M. Karunanidhi should focus on the welfare of the suffering Tamils in South India without talking of establishing a state of Eelam, Minister Wimal Weerawansa said on Saturday. […]

The Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) has summoned the the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) for an inquiry into a consignment of contaminated diesel supplied by a foreign seller on Tuesday (7). […]

The Department for Registration of Persons (DRP) has informed GCE (A/L) candidates that the special counter opened to issue National Identity Cards (NICs) will be kept open even after the examination begins tomorrow. […]