Category: Local News

Petroleum Industries Minister Susil Premajayantha said in Parliament yesterday compensation for vehicles damaged due to low quality petrol will commence next week as recommended by the inquiring committee. He said that those who have not obtained a bill for the petrol they purchased will be compensated if they submit an affidavit. Premajayantha said that 1,800 […]

Robert Blake, the US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia, will visit Sri Lanka next week to hold wide range of bilateral and regional discussions with top Indian officials. […]

China today assured its support to Sri Lanka to safeguard its sovereignty as the country gears up to face pressure at the forthcoming UN Human Rights Council meeting for a credible international probe into charges of humanitarian crimes during the war against LTTE. […]

An anonymous caller who had called the UNP Secretary Tissa Attanayake had warned him to be cautious over an attempt  to harm his life, said the Cinnamon Gardens Police to the Colombo Chief Magistrate yesterday. […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa has appointed Minister of Mass Media and Information Keheliya Rambukwella as a member of the Central Committee of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party. […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa directed the education authorities to take prompt action to structure a job-oriented education system to comply with the present day job requirement. […]

The United National Party, whom some have termed as the ‘United Noble Party’ was formed by D. S. Senanayake, on September 6, 1946, resigning from the Ceylon National Congress, allying with the members grouped in organisations such as the Sinhala Maha Sabha, the Tamil Congress, together with the Ceylon National Congress. Later, the members of […]

Doctors will stage a countrywide strike tomorrow (07) in protest against the gazette notification issued by Higher Education Minister S. B. Dissanayake recognising Malabe Private Medical College as a degree awarding institute. […]

United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) Colombo mayoral candidate Milinda Moragoda yesterday launched his policy platform entitled ‘Making Colombo a Centre of Excellence’ that promised to restore efficiency, transparency and accountability at the Colombo Municipal Council and to restore the stature of the city and dignity of its citizens. […]

The U. S. says that the suspension of the GSP concession to Sri Lanka is still in effect. […]

Those who attack military and police installations are “terrorists” and will be charged with country’s anti-terror regulations, says Sri Lanka military. […]

The members of the Ceylon Electricity Board Joint Trade Union alliance have decided to launch a one day strike on Wednesday (07) demanding the government to pay their salary arrears. […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa said yesterday that as long as the people flock around the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) no force can defeat the country. […]

The National education system in the country will undergo a complete overhaul for the first time since independence when the new Education Bill is passed in parliament by December and implemented from next year, Education Minister Bandula Gunawardana said yesterday. “This is the first time the education system is being reviewed with far reaching reforms […]

The Managing Director of V FM Radio has been hospitalized after being assaulted by 3 unidentified men at his Borelasgamuwa residence, SSP Deshabandu Tennakoon said. […]

Four Sri Lankan companies are ranked among the top 200 Asia-Pacific corporations in Forbes Asia’s ‘Best Under a Billion’ list for this year. […]