Category: Local News

Ahead of what is expected to be a large demonstration in Colombo on Saturday, 9 July, the UN Human Rights Chief urged Sri Lankan authorities to show restraint in the policing of assemblies and ensure every necessary effort to prevent violence.

All the private pharmacies across the country will be closed tomorrow (July 09), All-Island Private Pharmacy Owners’ Association (ACPPOA) said.

Train ticket fares in Sri Lanka will be increased from the 12th of July (Tuesday), Sri Lanka Railways announced today (July 08).

The Lanka IOC has decided to suspend the delivery fuel to filling stations today (July 08) and tomorrow (July 09).

The Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court dismisses a request by the Cinnamon Gardens Police to prevent a protest march organised by the Inter University Students Federation.

Petrol and diesel can be sold at a price of approximately Rs. 250 in Sri Lanka, said the chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) Janaka Ratnayake in a personal statement made to the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE).

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Parliamentarian Lalith Warnakumara had opened fire into the air following a heated argument yesterday night (July 07).

U.S. Ambassador Julie Chung said yesterday it is inaccurate that some countries are waiting for the change of government to offer aid or assistance to Sri Lanka.

A 25-year-old man died during a clash between two groups at a fuel station last night (July 07) in Magalla, Galle.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has issued a Gazette Extraordinary bringing three institutions including Rakna Arakshaka Lanka Limited under the purview of the Ministry of Investment Promotion with effect from yesterday (July 07).

The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CEYPETCO) says it has opened online registration to open a consumer account for any company or industry that can pay in US dollars to obtain a weekly guaranteed fuel quota.

Sri Lanka’s headline inflation is expected to rise to 70 percent in the coming months from the current level of 50%, the Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe says.

A 60-year-old man who was waiting in a fuel queue outside a filling station in Payagala has died after suddenly falling ill at around 2.30 AM today (July 07).

The World Food Programme (WFP) in its latest report said that 6.26 million people in Sri Lanka are food insecure and it targets 3 million people to receive emergency food, nutrition and school meals until December.

The water supply for Colombo 12, 13, 14 and 15 areas has been interrupted by a breakdown of a transmission pipeline, the National Water Supply & Drainage Board (NWS&DB) says.

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) raised its key rates by a full percentage point on Thursday to tackle record high domestic inflation and to contain any build-up of adverse inflation expectations.