Category: Local News

The Mulatiyana Pradeshiya Sabha has pledged to support the Kelaniya Pradeshiya Sabha members with any steps they take against the Public Relations Minister Mervyn Silva. […]

Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday said that there is a possibility that the re-emergence of LTTE in Sri Lanka, as LTTE sympathizers abroad still struggling to achieve the LTTE’s separatist ideology in the country. […]

The government is under pressure to review a controversial formula under which four key state institutions, namely the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB), Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC), National Water Supply and Drainage Board (NWSDB) and the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) are given substantial salary increases. […]

Customs duty imposed on buses, Lorries, tractors and new engines for Lorries have been completely removed. […]

Steps have been taken to inform the SLFP General Secretary and the other party officials about the various allegations of corruption against Public Relations Minister Mervyn Silva, Kelaniya Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman Prasanna Ranaweera stated. […]

The percentage of change of results after re-correction of answer scripts   of the G.C.E. Advanced Level Examination conducted in 2010 had been as low as 1.5 per cent in 2010, a slight increase from 1.1 per cent reported the previous year, Minister Bandula Gunawardane said yesterday. […]

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has not printed calendars or diaries for 2012 due to the severe financial crisis it is going through at the moment. The colourful diaries printed by SLC over the years depicting past and present greats of the sport were extremely popular and had a high demand too by cricket enthusiasts both […]

Skilled Sri Lankan foreign employment aspirants can expect a large number of lucrative job offers in the UK, USA, Canada, Italy, New Zealand and Australia this year. Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) new chairman Amal Senadhilankara told the media yesterday that authorities had secured a number of such job opportunities and many more […]

Sri Lanka’s sports minister on Monday blasted the national cricket team’s recent performances, saying the side was riven by politics and in “crisis”. […]

The Government Ayurveda Doctors Association states that its members will refrain from work by obtaining sick leave. […]

The Medical Faculty of the Rajarata University has been closed until further notice due to student unrest, Vice Chancellor of the university Professor K.A. Nandasena said. […]

The government alleges that the JVP rebels receive funding from at least three overseas donors. Authoritative sources told The Island that the government was concerned about those trying to oust Somawansa Amarasinghe from the party leadership, using foreign funds, to further destabilise the political scene. […]

Paying wards will be set up at all main government hospitals within this year, a Health Ministry spokesman told the Daily News yesterday. He said this decision was taken by Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena to earn the income which is being diverted to private hospitals due to the absence of paying wards in government hospitals. […]

Indian External Affairs Minister S M Krishna will leave for Colombo on January 16 on a three-day visit to Sri Lanka during which he will discuss the progress in finding a political solution to the ethnic issue and inaugurate an India-assisted railway project. […]

Sri Lanka has lifted a moratorium on killing stray dogs as the government attempts to cut down on the 2,000 people that are hospitalised every day after being bitten, a media report said Saturday. […]

Five men suspected of murdering a British tourist in Sri Lanka early on Christmas Day have been remanded in custody until 20 January. The men are suspects in the death of Khuram Shaikh, 32, and the serious assault of his girlfriend in Tangalle, 100 miles (161km) south of Colombo. […]