Category: Local News

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.

The Sri Lanka Government expects to grant an opportunity for students to study a vocational course at school for three months until the G.C.E. Ordinary Level examination results are released, Education Minister Susil Premajayantha said.

Sri Lanka’s Minister of Health Keheliya Rambukwella has appointed a 7-member experts’ committee in order to conduct a full investigation on the recent controversial deaths of patients in government hospitals within the last few months and other issues in the health sector.

The Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) has depreciated against the US dollar (USD) today (July 17), according to the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL).

Sri Lanka’s Inland Revenue Department (IRD) says that it has collected a total tax revenue of Rs. 696,946 million for the first half of this year.

Sri Lanka claimed 4th place with eight medals in the Asian Athletics Championships 2023 held in Bangkok, Thailand.

To expedite modernizing Sri Lanka’s Postal Department, a new Postal Act will be presented to the parliament within this year, State Minister of Mass Media Shantha Bandara said.

Yuan Jiajun, a high-ranking member of the Chinese Communist Party, scheduled an official visit to Sri Lanka from July 19 to July 23, the Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka said.

A United Nations agency has urged global finance ministers to give poor countries debt repayment breaks, estimating the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent surge in inflation and borrowing costs had pushed an extra 165 million people into poverty.

Debt restructuring is making progress in countries outside of the G20 common framework, such as Sri Lanka, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) says.

At least 15 passengers were injured after a Colombo bound private bus from Badulla ran off the road and overturned at Demodara in Ella on the Badulla-Colombo road this morning (July 15).

The lighting system of the ‘Golden Gate Kalyani’ bridge is no longer in operation due to the theft of several electric cables, Director General of the Road Development Authority L.V.S. Weerakoon said.

Major General Sanjaya Wanasinghe has been appointed as the new Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Army.

Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe has instructed the Health Ministry to expedite the approval process for drugs endorsed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

An employee attached to the National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA) has died due to a bacterial infection believed to have entered via the patient’s cannula.

Sinopec Energy Lanka (Pvt) Limited and the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka (BOI) signed an agreement today (July 14) to operate and set up fuel stations for distribution in Sri Lanka.