Category: Local News

Sri Lankan Stand-up comedian Nathasha Edirisooriya, who had allegedly insulted Buddhism during a stand-up comedy show, was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) a short while ago.

Sri Lankan diplomat Jayantha Dhanapala passed away today (May 27) at the age of 85 while receiving treatment at the Kandy National Hospital.

Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe has instructed the Director General of Sri Lanka Customs to install high-tech scanning inspection machines in the VIP passenger terminal at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake.

A pilot project to cultivate cannabis within the Board of Investment (BOI) zone in Katunayake has been approved by an expert committee and is expected to start soon, State Minister of Investment Promotion Dilum Amunugama said.

The Health Services Committee of the Public Services Commission has ordered the Health Ministry to reassign Dr. Shafi Shihabdeen to the Kurunegala Teaching Hospital.

The Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) has appreciated against the US dollar (USD) today (May 26), according to the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL).

Fuel quota currently allowed on the National Fuel Pass (QR system) in Sri Lanka will be increased from next month (June), the Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekara said.

A Deputy Principal of Ambalangoda Dharmashoka Vidyalaya was shot at by unidentified gunmen near the Balapitiya Court this morning (May 26), Police said.

Sri Lanka needs to step up efforts in enticing a larger proportion of its population across all provinces towards embracing entrepreneurship so that the impacts of the ongoing economic crisis would lessen, the Central Bank asserted.

Sri Lanka has been ranked as the 11th most miserable country in the Hanke’s Annual Misery Index (HAMI) 2022.

Crisis-stricken Sri Lanka should be able to conclude newly-launched debt restructuring talks by September, or November at the latest, its president said on Thursday, adding that the negotiations had made “remarkable” progress.

The remains of businessman Dinesh Schaffter, whose death remains a suspicion, are being exhumed today (May 25) under judicial supervision and armed security at the General Cemetery in Borella.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will meet Sri Lanka’s president on Thursday as the South Asian nation looks to bolster efforts to restructure its debt and repair an economy deeply scarred by a severe financial crisis.

The motion moved by the Sri Lanka Government to remove Janaka Ratnayake from his position as the Chairman of the Public Utility Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) was passed by a majority of 46 votes today (May 24).

The proposed electricity tariff revisions will provide consumers who use less than 30 units a 23 percent reduction, Minister of Power and Energy  Kanchana Wikesekera told Sri Lanka’s Parliament.

The Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) has appreciated against the US dollar (USD) today (May 24), according to the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL).