Category: Local News

Notorious underworld gangster Mohamed Najim Mohamed Imran alias Kanjipani Imran sneaked into Rameswaram days after his release on bail by a court in Sri Lanka according to police sources, reported The Hindu.

The United States has announced more than $240 million in new assistance to Sri Lanka in 2022 alone, U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka Julie Chung said.

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has issued a message for the 2023 New Year.

The proposed electricity tariffs revisions in Sri Lanka are due to be presented to the Cabinet on January 02, 2023.

More than 10.65 million rupees have been stolen from ATM machines of Sri Lanka State Banks located in Baddegama, Hikkaduwa and Karapitiya.

Sri Lanka Railways will re-employ on a contract basis the essential service employees who are set to retire at 60 years of age from 31 December 2022.

An advance cash payment of a maximum of Rs. 4,000 for all public sector employees, Sri Lanka Government announced.

The Year-on-Year (Y-o-Y) inflation based on the Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI) decreased to 57.2% in December, the Department of Census and Statistics reported.

Sri Lanka’s Foreign Ministry said that the consular fees for attestation services have been revised with effect from the 1st of January 2023.

Provincial letters will be removed from vehicle number plates in Sri Lanka with effect from January 1, 2023.

The former President of the Peradeniya University Student Union Anuradha Vidanage was arrested by The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) today (December 29).

The arrival and departure cards that are necessary to enter and exit Sri Lanka can now be filled online with effect from January 01, 2023, The Department of Immigration & Emigration said.

Lead guitarist of popular band, ‘Sunflower’, Chalana Piyumantha, passed away on Wednesday night (December 28).

The Chairman of the Beliatta Pradeshiya Sabha, Cyril Munasinghe and his elder brother have been arrested by the police in connection with a fraud involving 11 GI pipes purchased for a project.

Russia’s Red Wings airline has made its first direct flight from Moscow to Sri Lanka today (December 29).

Heart to Heart International has obtained all necessary government approvals for the third in-kind donation of urgent medical aid, worth an approximate of $7,270,756.31 USD ( LKR 2.7 billion), to the people of Sri Lanka, said the Sri Lankan Embassy in Washington DC.