Category: Local News

Bangladesh is hopeful that Sri Lanka will repay the debt of $200 million that it owes to the country by March 2023.

15 persons have been taken into Police custody including the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) organiser for Nawalapitiya during a protest in Nawalapitiya town today (October 16).

The Indian Coast Guard said it had detained a mechanised fishing boat with five Sri Lankans off the Kanniyakumari coast.

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe emphasised the importance of ensuring food security in the country by cultivating all arable agricultural lands.

The International Monetary Fund is working with other multilateral lenders including the World Bank, and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on financing programmes for Sri Lanka, the IMF’s Deputy Director for Asia Pacific says.

Sri Lanka ranked 64 out of 121 countries in the Global Hunger Index 2022. With a score of 13.6, Sri Lanka has a level of hunger that is moderate.

Sri Lanka Navy and Air Force has launched a search operation after losing communication with a multi-day fishing vessel attached to the Southern Naval Command since September 17 with six naval personnel on board.

The recent tax increases introduced by the government will result in massive social unrest, MP Patali Champika Ranawaka said yesterday (October 14).

Trincomalee District Strategic Development Plan is not targeting elections, but a project that has been initiated to benefit future generations, Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe said.

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.