Category: Local News

Senior Professor R.M.U.S.K. Rathnayake has been appointed as the competent authority to oversee administrative affairs at the University of Ruhuna replacing the Vice Chancellor, Senior Professor Sujeewa Amarasena.

A local multi-day fishing vessel along with a stock of ice and cocaine drugs and five suspects were apprehended yesterday (November 23) by the Maldives Coast Guard, according to the Sri Lanka Navy.

The Auditor General’s Department of Sri Lanka states that a significant number of permits issued for importing electric vehicles for migrant workers have been misused in recent years.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) reached a staff level agreement with Sri Lankan authorities, paving the way for the next tranche, for US$ 333 million, of the four-year Extended Fund Facility (EFF).

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake warned that if the government fails to meet the people’s expectations, it could lead to a loss of hope for a better future.

The Government of Sri Lanka announced that discussions related to the third review under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) program were successfully concluded today (November 22).

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake called upon all public officials to unite with a common purpose and work together to transform the motherland into a better nation.

Professor Gomika Udugamasooriya has been appointed Senior Advisor to the President on Science and Technology, the President’s Media Division (PMD) announced.

Former Minister Lohan Ratwatte’s wife, Shashi Prabha Ratwatte, has been further remanded until December 2, 2024, after being produced before the Nugegoda Magistrate’s Court today (November 22).

Excavations began yesterday (November 21) near the under-construction Central Expressway in the Wandurawa area of Veyangoda to uncover a treasure reportedly buried underground.

Veterinarians at the Thai Elephant Conservation Centre in Lampang are planning to trim the tusks of Plai Sak Surin (Muthu Raja), a 29-year-old elephant recently repatriated to Thailand from Sri Lanka, to improve his quality of life.

Ananda Wijepala, Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs, stated that all Members of Parliament in Sri Lanka would be provided with fuel-efficient vehicles.

Twenty-nine Deputy Ministers of the new Sri Lanka government were sworn in this evening (November 21) at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo.

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake arrived at the Parliament of Sri Lanka this morning (November 21) to deliver the government’s Policy Statement during the inaugural session of the 10th Parliament.

Dr. Asoka Sapumal Ranwala, a Member of Parliament from the National People’s Power (NPP), was unanimously appointed as the new Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka this morning (November 21).

Ten individuals who were in possession of a large quantity of crystal methamphetamine (ice) and heroin have been arrested in the Gandara area of Matara.