Category: Local News

A 46-year-old man was injured in a shooting near Ratmalana Railway Station.

Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Defence has strongly condemned allegations made by British television network Channel 4 in its new documentary which proclaims the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attack was deliberately planned by senior government officials.

The No-Confidence motion brought against Sri Lanka’s Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella by the Opposition was defeated with a majority of 40 votes this evening (September 08) in Parliament.

Sri Lanka’s official foreign reserve assets have reduced by 4.4 percent to USD 3,598 million at the end of August, 2023, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) said.

The Inland Revenue (Amendment) Bill was passed with a majority of 45 votes in Parliament of Sri Lanka this evening (September 07).

Former Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa issued a statement in order to respond to the allegations made by the Channel 4 program on the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks.

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.