Category: Local News

Sri Lankan migrant workers remitted USD 577.5 million to Sri Lanka through legal banking channels in August 2024.

Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena signed a Bill on September 11 that sets the minimum basic salary for Sri Lanka’s private sector employees at Rs. 21,000.

The Law & Society Trust (LST) has conducted an island-wide survey titled “Presidential Election 2024: Aspirations of the People.”

Former Sri Lankan Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella, along with two others, who were remanded over the alleged import of substandard human immunoglobulin vials, were granted bail by the Maligakanda Magistrate’s Court today (September 11).

A total of 350 prisoners serving sentences for minor offenses will be released from prisons across Sri Lanka tomorrow (September 12), to mark Prisoners’ Day, according to Prisons Commissioner Gamini B. Dissanayake.

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has appointed MP Seetha Kumari Arambepola as the Minister of State for Health, Women’s and Child Affairs.

The Election Commission of Sri Lanka has announced that postal voting for the 2024 Presidential Election can be conducted today (September 11) and tomorrow (September 12).

Veteran Sri Lankan singer and lyricist Senaka Batagoda has passed away at the age of 66.

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has removed five State Ministers, including Geetha Kumarasinghe, with immediate effect, according to the President’s Media Division (PMD).

Madushan Chandrajith, the Convenor of the Inter University Students’ Federation (IUSF), and several others were arrested by the police during a protest near the Colombo Fort Railway Station this afternoon (September 10).

The Sri Lankan Cabinet has approved an increase in the Mahapola Scholarship allowance to Rs. 7,500 and the bursary allowance to Rs. 6,500, effective from April 2025.

Local milk powder manufacturing companies in Sri Lanka have announced a price reduction effective from tonight.

The Election Commission of Sri Lanka has informed that all stickers promoting presidential candidates placed on vehicles must be removed immediately.

Sri Lanka’s Public Security Minister Tiran Alles announced that the on-arrival visa issuance system will continue until a judicial solution is reached regarding the visa process.

The Ministry of Education states that all schools in Sri Lanka will be closed on September 20, 2024, due to the upcoming Presidential Election.

State Minister Geetha Kumarasinghe has announced her support for Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) candidate Sajith Premadasa in the upcoming Presidential Election.