Category: Local News

Sri Lanka Police has increased the reward money amount offered through the Police reward scheme for information leading to the successful arrest of illegal firearms and hand grenades, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) C.D. Wickramaratne announced on Saturday (June 24).

Sri Lanka is set to start bartering tea to Iran next month in lieu of $250 million owed for oil, a Sri Lankan official told Reuters on Friday, as the crisis-hit country tries to lift sales to a key market and protect its forex reserves.

A wanted gunman has died in a shootout early this morning (June 24) with the Police Special Task Force (STF) personnel who were trying to arrest him.

Series of newly built infrastructure facilities at Sri Lanka’s General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (KDU) was opened today (June 23).

Professor Manjula Fernando has been appointed as the Chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL).

Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe met with U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen on Thursday (June 22) on the sidelines of the Paris Summit for a New Global Financing Pact.

The Government of Sri Lanka has declared a special bank holiday on June 30, 2023.

Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe outlined plans to finalize the debt restructuring process by September in a determined push to address Sri Lanka’s debt crisis and foster reconciliation.

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe met with the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Kristalina Georgieva in Paris, France on Thursday (June 22).

Sri Lanka’s Public Security Minister Tiran Alles has Instructed the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and other senior police officers to take immediate and stern legal action to combat the violent crimes committed in both the Western and Southern provinces.

The United Nation’s deputy human rights chief on Wednesday urged the international community to use accepted principles of universal and extraterritorial jurisdiction to investigate and prosecute alleged perpetrators of human rights violations in Sri Lanka, as long as the accountability deficit remains in the island nation.

Sri Lanka Customs has impounded around 16 kg of heroin found inside a container which arrived from Pakistan and three suspects were also arrested.

The Minister of Labor and Foreign Employment, Manusha Nanayakkara yesterday (June 21) denied the reports claiming his staff members asked for money from those seeking foreign employment.

Twice a day carers in Sri Lanka lead Sak Surin, an elephant donated by Thailand more than 20 years ago, into a custom-made crate, where he stands patiently, training for a special six-hour flight to carry him home and recover his health.

Sri Lanka’s inflation for May 2023 was recorded at 22.1% which was based on the National Consumer Price Index (NCPI) measured by the year-on-year change, the Department of Census and Statistics (DCS) revealed in its latest report.

The Acting Ambassador of Japan to Sri Lanka Kotaro Katsuki made a courtesy call on Sri Lanka’s Acting Defence Minister Premitha Bandara Tennakoon at his office in Colombo on Tuesday (June 20).