Category: Local News

Notorious underworld figure and drug trafficker Sanjeewa Kumara alias ‘Ganemulla Sanjeewa’ was arrested by Immigration Officers at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake yesterday evening (September 13).

The Sri Lanka Railways Locomotive Operating Engineers’ Union has decided to call off their strike with immediate effect.

Sri Lanka Railways informed 84 railway workers who are currently engaged in a strike to report to work immediately.

Daily automated price revising system will be implemented at all fuel stations under Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CEYPETCO) in Sri Lanka from next year, Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera said.

Sri Lanka Army personnel have been deployed to 32 railway stations across the country to ensure the safety and security of the commuters and workers.

Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Defence announced that it has already made necessary arrangements for stipends to be paid to disabled tri forces personnel who retire from service on medical grounds due to disabilities caused during the war.

A meeting focusing on future political agendas is believed to have taken place between President Ranil Wickremesinghe and the National Organiser of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Basil Rajapaksa, as per political sources.

Sri Lanka Police launched a special investigation after an underworld gangster Nadun Chinthaka also known as ‘Harak Kata’ attempted to grab the service weapon issued to a Police Special Task Force (STF) Sub-Inspector.

A gazette extraordinary has been issued declaring Sri Lanka Railways as essential service with immediate effect.

Sri Lanka has accepted offers to exchange about $10 billion worth of defaulted local debt for new bonds, the Finance Ministry said on Tuesday, taking it a step towards meeting debt restructuring requirements ahead of an International Monetary Fund (IMF) review.

The newly appointed Vice Chancellor (VC) of General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (KDU) Rear Admiral Dammika Kumara made his maiden call on the State Minister of Defence, Premitha Bandara Tennakoon at the State Ministry of Defence situated in Colombo yesterday (September 11).

A passenger who was on the roof of the Kandy to Colombo train had died after falling off in Horape this morning (September 12), the Railway Control Room said.

At least 45 scheduled train services in Sri Lanka have been cancelled during the day due to trade union action.

Sri Lankan officials will engage in talks with a team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from September 14th on the first review of the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) arrangement for Sri Lanka.

A Sri Lankan man who allegedly killed his wife at a hotel in East Coast Road in Singapore, and then confessed to the murder at a nearby police post, was charged in court on Monday, the Straits Times reported.

A special hotline number has been introduced to lodge complaints pertaining officials of District and Divisional Secretariats as well as other institutions that come under the purview of the State Ministry of Home Affairs.