Category: Local News

Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe left for an official visit to Singapore and Japan this morning (May 23).

Sri Lanka is mulling measures to lure back Chinese tourists in a bid to alleviate an unprecedented debt crisis, its tourism minister said, as the South Asian nation tries to stabilize the economy.

Sri Lanka’s National Consumer Price Index (NCPI) inflation eased to 33.6% year-on-year in April, after a 49.2% rise in March, the statistics department said on Monday.

A petition demanding an investigation into the violence that spread across Sri Lanka on May 09, 2022 that led to the torching of several houses of politicians, was withdrawn on Monday (May 22).

The Sri Lanka Government has signed an agreement with Sinopec Fuel Oil Lanka (Pvt) Ltd and its parent company in China and Singapore for a long-term contract on the importation, storage, distribution & sale of petroleum products in Sri Lanka, the President’s Media Division (PMD) reported.

50 new centres for the process of obtaining passports will be established at Divisional Secretariat buildings across Sri Lanka, Public Security Minister Tiran Alles said.

Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe called on every Sri Lankan to contribute to creating a glorious and prosperous country free of bankruptcy.

A 38-year-old person was shot dead at Suchi village in Hambantota on Sunday evening (May 21), police said.

Subsidy Vouchers worth Rs. 20,000 per hectare will be provided to paddy farmers in Sri Lanka from tomorrow (May 22) for the cultivation of the ‘Yala’ season, the Minister of Agriculture Mahinda Amaraweera said.

Madhushan Chandrajith has been appointed as the new Convenor of the Inter University Students’ Federation (IUSF), former Convenor Wasantha Mudalige said.

Japan’s Nippon Ishin no Kai Upper House lawmaker Mizuho Umemura was dismissed from a parliamentary committee and party officials apologized after her remarks questioning the March 2021 death of a Sri Lankan woman at an immigration facility ignited a firestorm of criticism.

Four police officers were interdicted while three others, including two Women Police Constables (WPCs) were transferred over the death of a 42-year-old female while in police custody.

Sri Lanka Foreign Minister Ali Sabry has summoned the High Commissioner of Canada in Colombo, Eric Walsh to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday (May 19) to express Sri Lanka’s objection over a statement made by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau earlier this week.

A 53-year-old man was shot dead by two unidentified gunmen near the level crossing on Leslie Ranagala Mawatha in Borella this morning (May 20).

The Department of Immigration and Emigration under a novel programme decided to issue all passports under a new system from June 1 in order to stop people having to wait for long hours at Department premises in Battaramulla.

Sri Lanka held 14th National War Heroes Commemoration today (May 19) at the Battaramulla War Heroes Memorial, under the patronage of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces President Ranil Wickremesinghe and Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena.