Category: Local News

Following heavy rain, a two-story house in the Thumbaliyadda area in Warakapola was buried in the landslide today (October 14), the police said.

The wholesale price of wheat flour has been reduced by Rs. 85 per kilogram with effect from midnight today (October 14).

Sri Lanka’s Court of Appeal ordered the Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court to postpone the hearing of the private complaint filed against Former President Maithripala Sirisena over the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks, for a period of 10 weeks from today (October 14).

The Paris Club creditor nations last month reached out to China and India seeking to coordinate closely on Sri Lanka’s debt talks, but is still awaiting a reply, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Thursday.

The fees related to obtaining a National Identity Card (NIC) in Sri Lanka have been revised with effect from November 01, 2022.

Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa said the Sub-Committee on identifying the Priorities in Formulation of Short, Medium and Long-Term National Policies of the National Council will engage with stakeholders next week to discuss how to streamline citizen services and public administration as the first steps towards policy reform.

The Court of Appeal has ordered the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to arrest and produce State Minister Sanath Nishantha in court.

The draft Amendment Bill to revise the Inland Revenue Act was published in the government gazette on Tuesday (October 12), proposing key changes to the income tax.

A total of 10 MW of ground-mounted solar power plant named “Solar Universe” was declared open yesterday (October 11) in Vavunathivu, Batticaloa.

The Inland Revenue (Amendment) Draft Bill was published in the gazette yesterday (October 11) evening by the Government Printer.

A country’s security is not only ensured militarily but is also secured through food and economic security, Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe emphasised.

Laugfs Gas PLC has also reduced the prices of liquefied petroleum (LP) gas cylinders from midnight today (October 11).

Sri Lanka will remain a middle-income country but request the World Bank to grant it some loans generally offered to poorer nations, the president’s office said on Tuesday, clarifying a cabinet spokesperson’s earlier comments on the matter.

Former Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka Arjun Mahendran and nine other people who were accused in the first Bond Scam case of 2015 were released from the charges filed under the Public Property Act today (October 11).

Sri Lanka’s Cabinet of Ministers has granted approval to downgrade Sri Lanka to a low-income country from a lower-middle income country, announced Cabinet Spokesperson Minister Bandula Gunawardena today (October 11).

Sri Lanka is going to introduce a digital driving licence with a QR code due to the shortage of material to print driving licences.