Category: Local News

Sri Lanka’s State Minister Sivanesathurai Santhirakanthan alias Pillayan yesterday (September 06) said the allegations made against him in the Channel 4 program on 2019 Easter Sunday attacks is based on lies.

Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe outlined an ambitious vision for Sri Lanka’s economic future during his address at the centenary celebration of Al Mubarak Central College in Malwana on Wednesday (September 06).

Sri Lanka’s government will appoint a parliamentary committee to investigate allegations made in a British television report that Sri Lankan intelligence had complicity in the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that killed 269 people.

General Secretary of Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) MP Dayasiri Jayasekara’s party membership has been suspended subject to the approval of the SLFP politburo.

Sri Lanka expects to forge major deals in its debt restructuring this month as the International Monetary Fund conducts the first review of its $3 billion loan program.

The Sri Lanka Government will conduct a probe into the revelations by Channel 4 on the Easter Sunday attacks, Minister Manusha Nanayakkara told Parliament today (September 05).

Investors have been allowed to purchase 200 electric buses for operation in the Western Province, Minister of Transport and Highways and Minister of Mass Media Bandula Gunawardena said.

Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court has determined that the Inland Revenue Amendment Bill can be passed in parliament by a simple majority.

Laugfs Gas Company has increased the prices of LP gas cylinders with effect from midnight today (September 04).

The results of the G.C.E. Advanced Level (A/L) examinations 2022 have been released online, the Department of Examination announced.

Litro Gas Lanka has increased the prices of domestic liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders with effect from midnight today (September 04).

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated that India has been greatly sensitive to the needs of Sri Lanka, during the tough times faced by the island nation.

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) will be reorganised with a programme of opening branches of the party islandwide, MP Namal Rajapaksa said.

Sri Lanka Police celebrates its 157th anniversary today (September 03, 2023).

Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe, the Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL), has been named amongst the 21 Bank Governors listed in the Global Finance Magazine’s Central Banker Report Cards for the year 2023.

The Indian Naval Ship (INS) ‘Delhi’ docked at the port of Colombo on a formal visit on Friday morning (September 01).