Category: Local News

The use of fingerprint scanner machines to mark attendance is again mandatory for government employees in Sri Lanka from today (May 15).

No request was made to the President Ranil Wickremesinghe to re-appoint former President Mahinda Rajapaksa as the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, the General Secretary of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Sagara Kariyawasam said.

The Small Scale Agri-Entrepreneurship Participation Programme (SAPP) project of Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Agriculture has introduced a relief loan programme allowing unemployed youths to obtain loans at an interest rate of 6.5 percent for agricultural activities.

Annual contribution to the country’s national income through the Kithul industry is more than Rs.50 billion, Agriculture Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said.

Landslide warnings have been issued for several areas in five districts in Sri Lanka which will be in effect till 1:30 PM tomorrow (May 15) by the National Building Research Organisation (NBRO).

The Australian Government has gifted a former Royal Australian Air Force Beechcraft KA350 aircraft to Sri Lanka, the Australian High Commission in Colombo said.

The price of a 50 kg cement bag has been reduced by Rs. 150 with effect from midnight yesterday (May 13).

Sri Lankan migrant workers’ foreign remittances increased to US$ 454.0 million in April 2023 from US$ 248.9 million in April 2022, according to Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment Manusha Nanayakkara.

Au Levain des Pyrénées boulangerie and baker Tharshan Selvarajah, 37, took first place in the 30th annual “Grand Prix de la Baguette de Traditional Francaise de la Ville De Paris,” the most revered baguette competition.

Cash-strapped Sri Lanka’s national airline announced a staggering US $ 525 million annual loss yesterday.

A program to generate income for Sri Lanka through ‘Health Tourism’ is expected to be prepared, President’s Senior Adviser Sagala Ratnayaka said.

The price of imported milk powder will be reduced by Rs. 200 per kilogram from 15 May, 2023, Trade Minister Nalin Fernando said.

The Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) has appreciated against the US dollar (USD) today (May 12), according to the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL).

The main suspect arrested in connection with the suspicious death of a 16-year-old schoolgirl in Kalutara has been remanded until May 26, 2023.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is working with Sri Lanka to develop a project to mainstream e-mobility through the conversion of 500,000 Tuk-Tuks to electric vehicles (EVs) or e-Tuk-Tuks over a 5-year period.

Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe announced that Sri Lanka is establishing the world’s first international environmental university to support the global effort in addressing climate change.