Category: Local News

Millions of less affluent Sri Lankans working in the Middle East are sending money home to keep the economy afloat while the more educated who hold higher posts in developed countries keep money stashed elsewhere, Labour Minister Manusha Nanayakkara said in Parliament on Tuesday (April 25).

Nearly 2,000 public sector employees have opted to obtain extended leave for a five-year period to travel overseas for employment.

Notorious criminal and drug trafficker Sinhara Amal Saminda Silva alias Kudu Anju has been arrested in France, Sri Lanka Police confirmed today (April 29).

A 37-year-old man was shot dead inside a house in Lunugamwehera last night (April 28).

Sri Lanka’s key inflation rate eased to 35.3% in April from 50.3% in March, the statistics department said on Friday, a sign of relief for the crisis-battered economy.

The Resolution for the Implementation of the Arrangement under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) program of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for Sri Lanka was passed in the Parliament of Sri Lanka today (April 28) after a three-day debate.

The Sri Lanka Navy Marine Corps presented three special Combat All-Terrain Vehicles (CATVs) to President Ranil Wickremesinghe at the Presidential Secretariat yesterday (April 27).

Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella told Parliament yesterday (April 27) that a separate Committee will be appointed to find out about the migration of medical specialists and other professionals in the health sector and take necessary measures in this regard.

Sri Lanka’s economy is expected to shrink by 2% in 2023, its central bank said in an annual report on Thursday, as the country struggled to emerge from its worst financial crisis in decades.

The Sri Lankan Government has rejected the United States’ decision to blacklist the Governor of North Western Province in Sri Lanka, Wasantha Karannagoda.

Fees of all Expressways in Sri Lanka increased from Rs. 50 onwards.

The United States on Thursday banned the Governor of North Western Province in Sri Lanka, Wasantha Karannagoda and his family from entering the country over gross violation of Human Rights, the US State Department said in a release.

U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Julie Chung has expressed her disappointment at the recent allegations levelled against the United States by a Sri Lankan Member of Parliament in his latest publication.

Sri Lanka is trying to reduce its overall debt by $17 billion through restructuring, its president told the parliament on Wednesday as he sought support of opposition parties for a nearly $3 billion International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme.

Former Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena has claimed that he is being targeted as a perpetrator of the 2019 Easter Sunday bomb attacks, despite several arrests already made in this regard.

Seven Senior Deputy Inspector Generals of Police (SDIGs) including Lalith Pathinayake and Ajith Rohana who are competing for the post of Inspector General of Police (IGP) have been transferred with immediate effect due to service requirements, Sri Lanka Police announced yesterday (April 25).