Category: Local News

QR code based fuel quotas will be further increased next month after evaluation, Sri Lanka’s Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekara said today (July 20).

Merrill J. Fernando, the founder of Dilmah Tea has passed away at the age of 93 on today (July 20).

A 29-year-old suspect wanted over a murder in Homagama has been killed in a shootout with the Police Special Task Force (STF) in Minuwangoda early this morning (July 20).

The European Commission (EU) has proposed a four-year extension to the current GSP+ scheme until 31 Dec 2027, so that countries, such as Sri Lanka, do not lose their preferential access in the interim.

The Anti-Corruption Bill was passed in Sri Lanka Parliament today (July 19) without a vote with 190 amendments.

Sakvithi Ranasinghe and his wife today (July 19) pleaded guilty to committing financial fraud by misusing its deposits worth over Rs. 1,628 million obtained from the public while maintaining the Sakvithi Housing and Construction (Pvt.) Ltd in Nugegoda.

Deputy High Commissioner of the Indian High Commission in Colombo Vinod Kurian Jacob paid a farewell call on the State Minister of Defence, Premitha Bandara Tennakoon at the State Minister’s Office yesterday (July 18).

A 24-hour token strike has been launched at the Lady Ridgeway Hospital for children starting from 8:00 AM today (July 19) will go down in history as the first strike at the hospital.

Sri Lanka’s passport is ranked 95th in the list along with Libya in Henley Passport Index 2023.

A 62-year-old man was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in the area of Koggalla in Ambalantota this morning (July 19).

The Working Committee of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) today (July 18) decided to expel party members Harin Fernando and Manusha Nanayakkara from the party.

The Cabinet of Ministers of Sri Lanka has granted approval to revise the water and sewerage charges, Cabinet Spokesman Minister Bandula Gunawardana said.

The Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) has depreciated against the US dollar (USD) today (July 18), according to the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL).

At first glance, life in Sri Lanka’s financial capital Colombo looks deceptively normal.

A man was killed and six others were injured after a bus skidded off the road and fell down a 10 metre precipice near the Uma Oya Multipurpose Development Project Office in Karandagolla on the Ella – Wellawaya main road this morning (July 18).

Ahead of his first official visit to India this week, Sri Lanka’s President Ranil Wickremesinghe will hold talks with the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) on Tuesday in Parliament in a bid to settle the long-standing Tamil minority demand for political autonomy, sources said on Monday.