Category: Local News

More than 28,000 families in six districts of Sri Lanka are currently facing difficulties to access safe drinking water, the Disaster Management Centre said.

Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar on Monday visited two schools in Sri Lanka and interacted with students in his role as UNICEF’s Goodwill Ambassador.

Monetary policy transmission to the real economy in Sri Lanka is still incomplete, the governor of the country’s central bank, Nandalal Weerasinghe, said at a LSEG FX Community Event on Monday.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has delivered 8,360 metric tonnes of urea fertiliser to the Ministry of Agriculture for distribution during the forthcoming Maha cropping season.

Sri Lanka’s official Reserve Assets have increased to USD 3,762 million in July 2023, compared to USD 3,724 million in June 2023, according to the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL).

Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe has approved the provision of compensation to farmers who have suffered crop damage due to the prevailing dry weather conditions.

Two military personnel were reported dead after a training aircraft of the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) crashed inside the SLAF Academy in China Bay a few minutes after the take-off this morning (August 07) in Trincomalee.

Iran has voiced readiness to share its scientific and technological knowledge and expertise with “friendly” countries, including the South Asian island nation of Sri Lanka.

The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) has rejected a recent request made by the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB), seeking another electricity tariff revision to cover their losses.

Steps will be taken to revise water tariffs once every 6 months by introducing a price formula, the Ministry of Water Supply and Estate Infrastructure Development announced.

The Indo-Sri Lanka Joint Project Monitoring Committee has taken a decisive step towards the implementation of the Sri Lanka Unique Digital Identity (SL-UDI) – a crucial milestone in the country’s digitization drive, the President’s Media Division (PMD) reported.

Prices of Litro domestic LP gas cylinders will not be increased today (August 04) despite the price hike in the world market, the chairman of Litro Gas Company, Muditha Peiris said.

Four people were killed and another four injured following an accident in the Eriyagama area in Tambuttegama this morning (August 04), Police said.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s aim is to revive the construction industry in Sri Lanka and contribute widely to the national economy, President’s Senior Adviser Sagala Ratnayaka said.

New Delhi and Colombo are set to begin technical discussions that could pave the way for a multi-product petroleum pipeline between the two South Asian nations.

Water tariffs in Sri Lanka have been revised with effect from August 01, 2023.