Category: Local News

There is no shortage of Petrol Octane 95 or any other petroleum products at filling stations owned by both the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CEYPETCO) and the Lanka Indian Oil Corporation (LIOC), Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wjiesekera said.

The government is trying to rekindle ethnic and religious conflicts in the country for its political survival, National People’s Power (NPP) leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake said yesterday (June 18).

Former Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama appointed as Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK) with effect from August 01, 2023.

Wheat flour has been listed under the category of ‘specified goods’ with effect from midnight on June 16, 2023 by way of an Extraordinary Gazette notification issued by the Minister of Trade, Nalin Fernando.

India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a charge sheet against 13 people, including 10 foreigners, in the India-Sri Lanka illegal drugs and arms trade case relating to attempts to revive the terror group LTTE in the two countries, an official said on Friday.

Sri Lanka’s State Minister of Finance Ranjith Siyambalapitiya said on Friday (June 16) that import of vehicles cannot be allowed at this moment under the prevailing economic situation.

Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe early this morning (June 17) left the island for the United Kingdom (UK) and France on an official visit.

A 36-year-old mother and 6-year-old daughter were reported dead after a tipper knocked them down while they were reportedly waiting for a bus in the Kannatti area on the Vavuniya – Mannar main road.

Sri Lanka Government has issued an extraordinary gazette informing the closure of liquidation of the Department of Telecommunication and Internal Trade Department.

The Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) has appreciated against the US dollar (USD) today (June 16), according to the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL).

Sri Lanka Police decided to terminate the service of a Police Sergeant attached to the Intelligence Bureau with effect from June 14, 2023 for failing to carry out his duties when the 2019 Easter Sunday Attacks took place.

Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe reiterated his commitment to preserving freedom of expression.

A 36-year-old woman died in a shooting incident reported from the Mirishena Fisheries Village in the Medirigiriya police area at around 7:00 PM on Thursday (June 15), police said.

Sri Lanka’s economy (LKGDP=ECI) shrank 11.5% in the first three months of 2023, official data showed on Thursday, as the country remained in the grip of its worst financial crisis in decades.

The prices of several medicines have been revised by way of an Extraordinary Gazette issued by Minister of Health Keheliya Rambukwella.

The Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) has depreciated against the US dollar (USD) today (June 15), according to the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL).