Category: Local News

Privatisation of the telecom industry does not pose a threat to national security, according to Professor Rohan Samarajiva, former Director General of the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission.

Sri Lanka’s President Ranil Wickremesinghe is likely to discuss the crisis-stricken nation’s debt with Paris Club members on the sidelines of a trip to France next week, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday.

The Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) has depreciated against the US dollar (USD) today (June 13), according to the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL).

Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe has appointed former Minister Navin Dissanayake as the Governor of the Sabaragamuwa Province today (June 13).

One person was injured in a shooting that took place at Kumaratunga Mawatha in Dematapitiya, Dikwella at around 7:10 AM today (June 13).

The progress of the 500 MW Renewable Energy Project in Mannar and Pooneryn was discussed with Anil Sardana, MD and CEO of Adani Transmission Ltd and the project management team yesterday morning (June 13) at the Ministry of Power and Energy, Minister Kanchana Wijesekara said.

Tripadvisor, one of the world’s largest travel sites, has ranked Sri Lanka’s Mirissa beach as the fourth best beach in Asia for tourists.

Director-General of the Department of Archaeology Professor Anura Manatunga has resigned from his post.

he Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) has depreciated against the US dollar (USD) today (June 12), according to the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL).

Three people from the same family, including a teenage boy, died in a head-on collision between a three-wheeler and a tipper truck in the Thulhiriya area in Warakapola this morning (June 12).

An underworld figure known as “Deiyandara Sumiya” has been arrested by the Police Special Task Force (STF) while in possession of a German-made modern Arminius 38 type revolver.

Sri Lanka’s workers’ remittances in the month of May 2023 was recorded at USD 479.7 million, according to the latest figures from the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL).

Sri Lanka athlete Shreshan Dananjaya has reportedly gone missing in Switzerland, according to the Athletics Association of Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka President’s House, the Secretariat, and the Prime Minister’s official residence Temple Trees have been earmarked to be moved out of Colombo city to Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte and may be kept open only as a tourist attraction.

One of the two persons on a motorcycle was injured and hospitalised when Police opened fire at them at Karapitiya, Galle.

Sri Lanka Government has issued a gazette notification relaxing the import restrictions imposed on more than 300 items effective from June 09, 2023.