Category: Local News

Army Commander Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya said that the Army will form a separate company within its management to carryout development and construction projects at a low cost by following the tender procedure of the government. […]

Nine  persons including students have been injured in an accident which occurred in the Mount Lavinia area. […]

CEB workers’ union say that they will resort to ‘work to rule’ from midnight today (Jan 18) demanding a 45 percent salary hike instead of the 25 percent increment promised by the government. […]

Higher Education Minister S. B. Dissanayake yesterday told Parliament that the Z-score formula was only a mathematical formula and not an invention by Prof R. O. Thattil. […]

The ceremonial release of water into the tunnel of the Upper Kotmale hydro electricity project took place at the auspicious time of 11.20 am yesterday under the patronage of Power and Energy Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka. […]

Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna who is currently on a four day official visit in Sri Lanka said that it was heartening to hear from  the Sri Lankan President  that he was  committed to solve the Sri Lanka’s national problem based on  the 13th  Amendment plus approach. […]

COLOMBO, 17 JANUARY, 2012: Sri Lanka is planning to amend its elections law so as to enable electronic voting, according to China’s Xinhua news agency citing Election Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya on Monday. […]

UNP MP Buddhika Pathirana whose party membership was suspended after being at logger heads with the party hierarchy had come to a truce with the party, General Secretary Tissa Aattanayake said today. […]

Tamil National Alliance, an umbrella group of Tamil political parties, today complained to External Affairs Minister S M Krishna’s about Lankan government’s “lethargic” attitude in talks for evolving a political solution to the ethnic crisis and sought India’s help for “corrective steps”. […]

‘The Police has to play a vital role in the country’s development. The government has given more strength and freedom to the Police to act independently, which is essential to protect peace and harmony in society to successfully realize its development objectives. […]

The Department of Meteorology says that the temperature in Nuwara Eliya dropped to 3.8 degrees Celsius in the early hours of today (Jan 16), the lowest recorded temperature in the country in recent times. […]

The Chairman of the Kolonnawa Urban Council Raveendra Udaya Shantha and  Vice Chairman  Suresh Kodagoda were called over to the SLFP  headquarters and severely warned  said the General Secretary of the United National Freedom Alliance Minister Susil Premajayantha. […]

KOCHI: A suspected sympathizer of the banned LTTE was arrested by Kochi city police from Chengalpettu in Chennai in connection with a human trafficking case involving Sri Lankan Tamils. […]

Sri Lanka and the State of Qatar signed nine Memoranda of Understanding yesterday following the visit of the Emir of the State of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani. […]

COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka may be a minnow in the oil world, but a near total reliance on Iranian crude imports means it has more reason than most to find a way to avoid being caught in the clutches of U.S. sanctions. […]

State and private sector banks will join hands with the Government to develop the national road network with an allocation of around Rs. 25 – 30 billion for road development and rehabilitation projects in 2012, Secretary to the Ports and Highways Ministry Ranjith Pemasiri told the Sunday Observer. […]