Category: Local News

Unbridled industrialization of the developed countries is the root cause of climate change, leaving the poor to suffer the consequences, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said addressing the COP27 Climate Change Conference in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.

The Department of Immigration and Emigration says that the issuance of all types of passports has temporarily been suspended due to a breakdown in the computer system.

Chinese Ambassador Qi-Zhenhong has assured their continuous support on the debt treatment and stabilising the economy of Sri Lanka, State Finance Minister Shehan Semasinghe said.

More than 300 Sri Lankans were rescued at sea off the Spratly Islands after their fishing vessel was damaged and found adrift, foreign media reported today (November 08).

Speaker of Parliament Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena today (November 08) conveyed an order issued by President Ranil Wickremesinghe, calling out all members of the armed forces for the maintenance of public order in the country.

Sri Lanka’s navy said Monday that about 300 suspected migrants have been rescued by Singapore authorities after their boat started sinking.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe urged the Secretary-General of the UN and Egypt, as the head of the COP27, to summon a meeting of all Ministers of Agriculture of all the countries to assess the food requirements of 2023 and 2024 and submit a report on the food situation.

Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka is being moved to Sydney’s Silverwater Prison, after being refused bail on rape charges, foreign media reported on Monday.

At least 50 inmates have escaped from the Kandakadu Treatment and Rehabilitation Center in Polonnaruwa following a clash between two groups last evening (November 06).

Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe has met the United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, upon his arrival in Egypt, Cairo.

Litro Gas company has increased the prices of LP gas cylinders with immediate effect.

Air France resumed flights between Colombo and Paris, Charles de Gaulle from yesterday (November 04) with thrice weekly flights.

Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardene has appointed a 5-member National Delimitation Committee on demarcation of wards for local authorities.

Sri Lanka has introduced a hotline (1905) for the general public to file complaints of bribery and corruption committed by government employees.

Three passengers had died and at least 17 others were injured after a bus heading from Jaffna to Vavuniya on the A9 road skidded off the road and toppled near Nochchimoddai Bridge in Vavuniya early this morning (November 05).

At least 5.7 million people (26% of the population) in Sri Lanka require humanitarian assistance at the moment, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says.