Category: Local News

The cause behind the deaths of two inmates at the Galle Prison has been identified as a rare and serious illness called Meningococcal disease caused by a bacteria.

The Road Development Authority (RDA) has informed the Street Food vendors in Kimbulawala to remove their stalls within 14 days.

Over 860,000 tourists arrivals in Sri Lanka have been reported thus far in 2023, as per the statistics by the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA).

Sri Lanka’s consumer inflation rate more than halved to 4.6% year-on-year in July, helped by falling food prices, the statistics department said on Monday.

Two inmates at the Galle Prison have died while five others have been hospitalised due to an unidentified illness, the Prisons Spokesman said.

Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe met Singapore’s President Halimah Yacob today (August 21) in Singapore, the President’s Media Division (PMD) announced.

Certified copies of birth, marriage and death certificates issued by the Registrar General’s Department of Sri Lanka will not further be invalidated following 06 months of issuance, the Registrar General’s Department announced.

Allirajah Subaskaran, the British-Sri Lankan billionaire and owner of Lyca Group, arrived in Sri Lanka on Saturday (August 19).

Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe highlighted that the tourism industry stands as the paramount sector capable of swiftly advancing the country’s economic objectives.

India will impose with immediate effect a 40% export duty on onions up to December 31 in an attempt to improve domestic availability of the vegetable, the ministry of finance said in a notification on Saturday.

Around 5,000 doctors in Sri Lanka with qualifications to work in foreign countries are likely to leave Sri Lanka.

A comprehensive national security review, including economic trends and climate change, will be conducted to formulate modern security policies for the National Security Council, Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe said.

The National Water Supply and Drainage Board (NWSDB) has warned that strict measures will have to be taken if the current drought continues.

The Sri Lanka Government has reduced the import tax on maize with effect from last night (August 17).

Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe urged officials to accelerate efforts towards the goal of attracting 5 million tourists annually to Sri Lanka.

A massive fire has broken out in a chemical storage facility in the Homagama Industrial Zone.