Category: Local News

The government has registered 45 news websites in line with a disputed decision taken late last year to regulate websites. […]

The Cabinet has approved a basic salary increase by 18% for employees of the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB), the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) and the Water Board in addition to the Rs.2500 allowance, the Government Information Department stated. […]

Teachers of the University of Sabaragamuwa have withdrawn from their academic duties demanding that undergraduates who attacked the house of university warden and security personnel during a protest on Tuesday night be arrested. […]

The Experts Committee appointed by the President to look into issues related to the GCE Advanced Level Examination 2011 results, handed over its report to President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday. […]

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. […]