Category: Local News

Chairman of the United National Party Wajira Abeywardena has taken oath as a National List Member of Parliament.

After helping Sri Lanka with an unprecedented assistance of around $4 billion since January as the country plunged into a deep economic crisis, India is now planning to invest heavily in newer sectors through both private and public firms there, Gopal Baglay, high commissioner of India to Sri Lanka, told ThePrint in an interview.

A leading Galle Face protest site activist Dhaniz Ali has been arrested by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) while trying to leave for Dubai on a flight from the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) this evening (July 26), Police said.

A meeting was held between JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake and Indian High Commissioner Gopal Bagle at the Indian High Commission in Colombo this afternoon (July 26).

Former Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will return to Sri Lanka from Singapore, Cabinet spokesman Bandula Gunewardena said today (July 26).

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has extended his congratulations to newly appointed Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe.

The weekly fuel quota provided to all types of vehicles registered under the QR system has been increased, Minister of Power & Energy Kanchana Wijesekara said.

Sri Lanka’s new President, Ranil Wickremesinghe, had sought the top job for decades. Now he has to find ways to avoid the fate of his predecessor as he fends off protesters who’re angry about persistent food and fuel shortages.

Entire wards are dark and nearly empty in Sri Lanka’s largest hospital, its few remaining patients leaving untreated and still in pain, and doctors prevented from even arriving for their shifts.

People who cannot register for the National Fuel Pass with the chassis number will be able to register with the revenue licence beginning Friday (July 29), the Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera said.

Sri Lanka has asked China to help with trade, investment and tourism to help it grow sustainably, Colombo’s envoy to Beijing said on Monday as it negotiates for an emergency $4 billion package to help it emerge from an economic meltdown.

The Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court today (July 25) issued an overseas travel ban on six activists on charges of damaging public property during a protest on the 09th of June opposite the Police Headquarters.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has extended his well wishes to Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on his election to the Office of the Presidency.

The National Fuel Pass will be implemented islandwide from Tuesday (July 26) in Multiple locations at CEYPETCO & Lanka IOC filling stations, said Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera.

The National People’s Power (NPP) points out the need to establish a citizen’s rule in the country.

A T-56 assault rifle and an empty magazine that were stolen from an army officer after attacking him during a protest near Parliament of Sri Lanka on July 13 have been found.