Category: Local News

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

Two more Hummer vehicles imported to Sri Lanka were found at the Sri Lanka customs yesterday (October 10) during an emergency inspection by State Minister of Finance Ranjith Siyambalapitiya.

The Court of Appeal has acquitted the former chairman of Akuressa Pradeshiya Sabha, Saruwa Liyanage Sunil today (October 11), who was sentenced to 15 years Rigorous Imprisonment by Colombo High Court for allegedly raping an underaged girl (statutory rape) in 2012.

Two Australian men have been charged with bribing Sri Lankan officials to secure infrastructure contracts worth millions of dollars.

A gazette notification has been published revising the existing fees for obtaining a driving licence in Sri Lanka.

Romanian Ambassador Victor Chiujdea said many leading multinationals are investing heavily in Romania and there will be many opportunities for skilled IT workers from Asian countries including Sri Lanka to get employment, according to a statement by the Prime Minister’s office.

World Bank President David Malpass and International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said there was a growing risk of global recession, with inflation remaining a continuing problem after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Japan and Sri Lanka signed a Memorandum of Cooperation on the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) for Low Carbon Growth Partnership this afternoon (October 10) at the Presidential Secretariat.

Police officers who act on illegal orders must remember that someday they will have to pay for their illegal activities, President’s Counsel Saliya Pieris, the President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) said.

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe noted that the country needs a national policy that does not change with every government that comes to power and invited everyone to commit to building the country on one national policy without party differences.

The Colombo High Court today (October 10) served indictments on Parliamentarian Johnston Fernando and two others over another corruption case filed against them by the Bribery Commission.

Russia’s Aeroflot flight arrived at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) this morning (October 10), resuming flights between Moscow and Colombo after a lapse of 4 months.

Prison officers at the Welikada Prison have recovered a mobile phone in possession of Thilini Priyamali who is under remand custody for the charges of misappropriation of money from businessmen and VIPs, the Prisons Spokesman says.

A 24-year-old Sri Lankan Tamil man swam about seven nautical miles in the Palk Strait and reached Dhanushkodi on Sunday (October 09).

Dairy producers in Sri Lanka have confirmed that dairy production has dropped by 30%.

A Colombo-based human rights groups has called on the Sri Lankan government to do more and take responsibility for seven of its citizens who said they were captured and tortured by Russians in eastern Ukraine.