Category: Local News

The Suwa Seriya 1990 emergency ambulance service announced yesterday (July 03) that its patient transfers would be delayed due to lack of fuel.

Sri Lanka Army launched an internal investigation on the incident at a fuel station at Yaggahapitiya in Kurunegala where an Army officer attacked a civilian.

The Department of Immigration and Emigration says that the issuance of passports under the one-day service will be implemented in three more districts from today (July 04).

The Chief Administrative Officer of the Lankapura Pradeshiya Sabawa has reportedly been stabbed to death.

Sri Lanka Police says the main suspect in the double murders at Bastian Mawatha in Colombo on the 30th of May has been shot dead by police during a shootout at Bemmulla.

Based on information received by the Kilinochchi Police, a 25-year old man had been arrested for the illegal possession of fuel including 6,400 litres of diesel during a raid in Kilinochchi today morning (July 03).

Sri Lanka is struggling to raise $587 million to pay for about half a dozen fuel shipments, a top minister said on Sunday as the cash-strapped country tries to cope with its worst financial crisis in decades.

All Government and Government approved schools in Sri Lanka will be closed from 04th July to 08th July, 2022, the Ministry of Education said.

Four fuel shipments are expected to arrive in Sri Lanka this month, Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera said.

The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) authorities have instructed Area Engendering Offices and Breakdown Services Depots to stop services due to lack of fuel to report to work.

Sri Lankan actor Jackson Anthony and two other persons were injured after the cab they were travelling collided with a wild elephant at Thalawa in Anuradhapura yesterday (July 02).

Three shipments of petrol and diesel are due to reach Sri Lanka this month and in August, Lanka IOC says.

Two Air Force Sergeants, an Army Staff Sergeant and an Army Sergeant were arrested in connection with the death of an inmate on 29th June at the Kandakadu Rehabilitation and Treatment Centre in Polonnaruwa.

In a bid to support the people from the worsening economic crisis that has made it challenging to access food, fuel and gas, the Sri Lankan government yesterday (July 01) said it is gearing up to provide a fresh round of assistance to those severely impacted.

YouTuber Rathindu Senaratne alias “Ratta”, the national organiser of ‘Youth for Change’ Lahiru Weerasekara and Venerable Rathkarawwe Jinarathana Thero were granted bail today (July 01).

A total of 22 train journeys including office and intercity trains scheduled for today (July 01) have been cancelled as railway guards were unable to report to work due to lack of fuel, the Sri Lanka Railways Station Masters’ Union (SLRSMU) said.