Category: Local News

The Controller-General of Immigration and Emigration, Harsha Ilukpitiya says an online passport application system will be implemented in the coming days pursuant to President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s initiative to digitize the public service.

Sri Lanka has been granted an extension of the credit facility signed March 2022, with India providing access to a USD 1 billion credit facility until March 2024.

The decision to resume the Colombo Light Rail Transit (LRT) project with the assistance of Japan has been approved by the Cabinet of Ministers.

There are obvious signs that another crisis is being triggered in the country once again, especially at a crucial time when the country is on a path of recovery from a severe economic crisis that was acutely experienced in recent times, said the State Minister of Defence Premitha Bandara Tennakoon.

Food security in Sri Lanka is improving across all provinces, according to the Crop and Food Security Assessment Mission (CFSAM) report jointly carried out in February/March 2023 by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP).

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) today approved a $350 million special policy-based loan to provide budget support to Sri Lanka for economic stabilization.

Ven. Rajangane Saddharathana thera has been arrested by the police in the Anuradhapura area.

Nathasha Edirisooriya, who was arrested over her remarks on Buddhism was remanded until June 7 by the Fort Magistrate court today (May 28).

The National Fuel Pass QR System allocated fuel quotas will be increased from Wednesday (May 31), Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekara said.

India has done more for Sri Lanka than the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Union Minister for External Affairs Dr. S. Jaishankar stressed on Saturday.

Measures are underway to immediately implement the issuing of digital birth certificates in Sri Lanka, State Minister of Home Affairs Asoka Priyantha said.

Sri Lankan Stand-up comedian Nathasha Edirisooriya, who had allegedly insulted Buddhism during a stand-up comedy show, was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) a short while ago.

Sri Lankan diplomat Jayantha Dhanapala passed away today (May 27) at the age of 85 while receiving treatment at the Kandy National Hospital.

Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe has instructed the Director General of Sri Lanka Customs to install high-tech scanning inspection machines in the VIP passenger terminal at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake.

A pilot project to cultivate cannabis within the Board of Investment (BOI) zone in Katunayake has been approved by an expert committee and is expected to start soon, State Minister of Investment Promotion Dilum Amunugama said.

The Health Services Committee of the Public Services Commission has ordered the Health Ministry to reassign Dr. Shafi Shihabdeen to the Kurunegala Teaching Hospital.