Category: Local News

The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) has restored the power supply to several sections of the Teaching Hospital in Badulla.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe emphasized the importance of capital, particularly financial and human, for driving growth.

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday blamed the Congress for the partition of India and also said it was the Indira Gandhi government which gave the Katchatheevu Island to Sri Lanka in 1974.

Every summer, the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) deploys a fleet of ships across the Indo-Pacific region to conduct joint training, visit ports and invite locals aboard. This year, that engagement deepened.

The ‘Satyagraha’ campaign launched by a group of Sri Lankan farmers demanding water be released from the Udawalawe reservoir for cultivation purposes, has been called off today (August 10).

The dry spell that is being experienced in Sri Lanka now is a seasonal phenomenon and nobody should attempt to take political mileage out of it, State Minister of Defence Premitha Bandara Tennakoon said.

Registration of the Sri Lanka Automobile Association has been suspended and appointed a temporary committee for its operations.

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka has cut the statutory reserve ratio for commercial banks by 200 basis points to 2%, effective Aug. 16, it said on Wednesday.

Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe emphasized the necessity of implementing the 13th Amendment in a way that suits the nation’s growth and future.

Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe has expressed his strong commitment to increase the women’s representation in politics through reformative changes.

The Cabinet of Ministers has approved a proposal to amend Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) Act to ensure a minimum of 9 percent annual interest rate to members during the next four-year period (2023 to 2026) following Domestic Debt Optimisation.

Unit 2 of the Norochcholai Coal Power Plant, which generates 270 megawatts of electricity, experienced a breakdown early this morning (August 08), the Power and Energy Ministry said.

Nine individuals who forcibly entered the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) were arrested by Police this morning (August 08).

A 45-year-old accountant attached to a chemical factory on Veedi Mawatha in Kandana was killed after a fire broke out in the premises this morning (August 08), police said.

Four personnel attached to the Excise Department were arrested by Sri Lanka Police over the shooting that took place near a filling station on Marine Drive, Bambalapitiya on Monday (August 07) at around 04:30 PM.

A married couple was shot dead inside their home at Toppas in​​ Nuwara Eliya last night (August 07), Police said.