Category: Local News

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will push this week for urgent resolution of requests by Zambia and Ghana for restructuring of their sovereign debts, and moves to conclude a debt treatment for Sri Lanka, U.S. Treasury said on Monday.

A team of military experts has trained Sri Lanka’s parliament officials and security personnel in countering a possible chemical attack.

The European Union (EU) handed over a shipment of 3,820 tonnes of urea fertilizer procured by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to the Ministry of Agriculture today (April 10) for distribution among smallholder paddy farmers and paddy seed farmers in Sri Lanka.

The Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) has appreciated against the US dollar (USD) today (April 10), according to the Central Bank of Sri Lanka.

Recent cases of Chinese nationals who have been trafficked overseas with the promise of high salaries but ended up trapped in illegal activities including telecom scams and online gambling are a warning for Chinese nationals to keep a wary eye on recruitment traps overseas, the Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka said in a notice over the weekend.

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.