Category: Local News

Workers’ remittances to Sri Lanka crossed the US$ 500 million mark for the first time since April 2021, data released by the Central Bank last evening showed.

Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Defence has issued a clarification on social media claims that a process of recording all telephone conversations, and storing and tracking data related to WhatsApp and Facebook accounts is currently underway.

The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) announced that it acquired the 163 MW Combined Cycle Power Plant which was operated by Sojitz Kelanitissa (Pvt) Limited on March 28, 2023.

The Sri Lankan Government published its new Anti-Corruption Bill via a gazette.

GPS tracking systems will be fixed to all Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CEYPETCO) owned fuel tankers by April 15 and the process will be implemented for all private tankers later on, Sri Lanka’s Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera said.

As the 1990 Suwa Seriya ambulance service has run into a Rs. 1.5 billion shortfall in funds this year, a number of leading corporates have stepped up to fill the void by committing Rs. 525 million up to now, to maintain the operations of the critical service uninterpreted.

‘Athurugiriye Jeram’, a close associate of former Underworld figure Angoda Lokka, has been arrested by the Police Special Task Force (STF) over a shooting incident reported in Homagama on the 25th of March 2023.

Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka, accused of sexually assaulting a woman he met on Tinder, can use Facebook and Instagram again after having his bail altered, Australian media reported.

Sri Lanka’s economy is projected to contract further in 2023 before it begins a gradual recovery in 2024, as the country navigates an unprecedented economic crisis, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said in its annual flagship economic publication, the Asian Development Outlook (ADO) April 2023.

The prices of fried rice, Kottu and a packet of rice and curry will be reduced by 20% from midnight today (April 05), the All Island Canteen Owners’ Association said.

Three people were killed and a child injured after a head-on collision involving a three-wheeler and a cab that took place in the Nuga Yaya area on Wellawaya – Thanamalwila Road in Wellawaya last night (April 04), Police said.

Sri Lanka’s central bank kept interest rates steady on Tuesday and expressed optimism that prices would decelerate sharply in the coming months, in its first policy decision since securing a $3 billion bailout from the International Monetary Fund.

The Water Supply Trade Union Alliance (WSTUA) has decided to continue their trade union action from today (April 5) as they have not received solutions to their demands.

Sri Lanka’s heightened fiscal, external, and financial sector imbalances and its fluid political situation pose significant uncertainty for the country’s economic outlook, says the World Bank in its twice-a-year update, underscoring the need to address the root causes of the country’s economic crisis and build a strong and resilient economy to prevent future crises.

Sri Lanka Government has increased the existing fuel quota under the QR code system for the Sinhala and Tamil New Year festive season with effect from midnight today (April 04).

Forbes has listed Sri Lanka as one of the 23 best places to travel around the world in 2023.