Category: Local News

‘Reconditioned vehicle’ importers yesterday lamented that they will have no option but to close down their business making one million employees redundant unless the government change its decision to impose taxes and other restrictions on motor vehicles. […]

The Sri Lanka Army has intervened to save the life of a 20 year old girl in Jaffna who was in the throes of death due to an acute heart ailment recently. […]

The Police have sought public support to trace the archives stolen from the National Museum on March 16. The Police urged the public to report if they have any information on persons who possess or are attempting to sell these items on 0722117620 or 0777887744. […]

A young woman who had gone to the Nilwala River near Akuressa to bathe was attacked by a crocodile and killed, Akuressa police said a short while ago. The eighteen year old woman who is a resident of Udahaduwa had reportedly gone to the river early today to wash her face when she was attacked […]

Minister Wimal Weerawansa yesterday requested all UNP members to join its Deputy Leader Sajith Premadasa who had fearlessly opposed any foreign intervention in the country. […]

The US Embassy in Sri Lanka denied recent reports in media stating that U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has invited the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) for discussion in Washington, DC and affirmed that an invitation had been extended only to External Affairs Minister G.L. Peiris. […]

All vessels carrying motor vehicles will be diverted to Hambantota Port for unloading from May 31, the Sri Lanka Ports Authority said.The SLPA added that they have taken this initiative in consultation with shipping lines and motor vehicle importers. […]

The Madras High Court on Monday ordered notice to the Centre and the BCCI on a PIL seeking direction to cancel all future matches between India and Sri Lanka, until disputes between Tamils and Sinhalese are settled and peace prevails in the Bay of Bengal. […]

Education Minister Bandula Gunawardena and UNP MP Ravi Karunanayake will go head to head tonight (April 3) to debate the Minister’s claims that Rs.2500 a month is enough for a person to survive. The debate will take place tonight at 9.45pm on the Wada Pitiya programme on TV Derana. […]

The International Monetary Fund on Monday approved a $427 million loan for Sri Lanka, hoping to shore up government coffers that have been ravaged by a massive trade deficit. […]

While the government is fully capable of dealing with any pressures that come from Geneva, New York or Washington, it is the public servants and heads of corporations who should ensure good governance to improve the image of the country internationally, said President Mahinda Rajapaksa. […]

Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) says that consumers who can show a 10% reduction in the April, May or June electricity bill, in comparison to their March 2012 electricity bill, will receive 50% off while those who show a 20% reduction will receive free electricity for a month. […]

(By Walter Jayawardhana reporting from Los Angeles) A book written by former US diplomat advocates that India should concentrate on the division of Sri Lanka. […]

Toronto, Canada, April 01, 2012 –(PR.com)– After meeting visionary business and government leaders in Sri Lanka over the past week, Solamon Energy CEO Graeme Boyce and SVP Thijs Boonen in the coming days will wrap a critical series of talks and prepare to visit the prominent city of Kandy, and possibly further review available lands […]

COLOMBO: The All India Rubber Industries Association has agreed to import raw rubber from Sri Lanka and also set up an export-oriented synthetic rubber manufacturing plant in the island nation. […]

More than 20 villagers in Pengerang, Malaysia, including six Rela members nabbed 24 foreigners including five Sri Lankans whom they believe  entered the country illegally. The foreigners were handed over to the police, recently. […]