Category: Local News

A QR code system will be introduced for the passengers to pay the fares of buses belonging to the Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB), Minister of Transport Bandula Gunawardene said.

Police have opened fire at a speeding car that failed to comply with police orders to stop in Polgahawela a short while ago.

The 2022 G.C.E Ordinary Level examination which was scheduled to commence on May 15, 2023 has been postponed by two weeks, the Department of Examinations announced.

Sri Lankans will receive more job opportunities in Japan after an agreement was reached to establish training centres aimed at training locals to take up employment in Japan.

The government will soon set up a Road Maintenance Fund (RMF) with initial funding of Rs. 100 million to make all main and inter-provincial roads toll-paying roads, Transport and Highways Minister, Dr. Bandula Gunawardana said.

To tackle the enormous economic challenge that Sri Lanka is facing, everyone must come together to support the recovery and promote stable and inclusive growth, says the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Senior Mission Chief for Sri Lanka Peter Breuer.

Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe in his Easter message said that legal proceedings related to the tragic incidents on Easter Sunday are being processed independently and impartially, without any influence.

The government of Sri Lanka’s proposed Anti-Terrorism Act would empower the authorities to systematically violate fundamental human rights, Human Rights Watch said on Monday (April 07).

A Government log of attempts by asylum seekers to reach New Zealand shows a fishing trawler and its 248 Sri Lankan passengers have never been seen again.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) of India on Thursday conducted searches in eight locations in Chennai and arrested a trader for allegedly possessing unaccounted cash, ganja and gold, among other things.

China has proposed setting up a radar base in Sri Lanka, aiming to counter India’s naval presence and strategic oversight in the Indian Ocean region, a report has claimed.

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has decided to suspend the law imposed by the Central Bank that a certain amount of dollars must be converted into Sri Lankan rupees from Sri Lankans living abroad and those receiving export income from this month.

At least 16 persons including the chief and assistant guards were injured and admitted to the Kantale Hospital after a train derailed in the area.

A preschool teacher was hacked to death early this morning (April 07) in the Kobbekaduwa area in Peradeniya.

Sri Lanka’s national carrier has been struggling against even more headwinds than many of its rivals.

Security camera footage showing a Sri Lankan woman before her death in a central Japan detention facility was publicly released Thursday for the first time by lawyers representing her family.