Category: Local News

Several Private Bus Associations have launched an island-wide strike action effective from midnight yesterday (August 04), citing the failure of the authorities to issue sufficient stocks of fuel for bus operations.

India expects bilateral trade worth $8-9 billion with Russia and Sri Lanka in the next two months after it allowed international trade in rupees, India’s trade secretary said.

A 40-year-old man from Midigama was shot dead inside a restaurant in Ahangama yesterday night (August 04).

A person has lost his life in a shooting incident that took place in Lunugamwehera, Punchi Appujadura area.

Sri Lanka is in a moment of challenge and crisis but has an opportunity to create a more democratic and inclusive government, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday.

A shooting took place inside Mount Lavinia Number Two Magistrate’s Court today (August 4) afternoon.

An international human rights group says Sri Lanka’s government is using emergency laws to harass and arbitrarily detain protesters who are seeking political reform and accountability amid the island country’s economic crisis.

The normal bus fare has been reduced by 11.14 percent with effect from midnight today (August 04), National Transport Commission (NTC) Director General Dr. Nilan Miranda said.

Sri Lanka Police on today (August 03) informed the protestors at Galle Face to remove all illegally set up tents and temporary shelters on Government & Urban Development Authority property before 5:00 PM on Friday (August 5).

The General Secretary of Ceylon Teachers’ Union Joseph Stalin had been arrested by the Police.

Decision was taken at the party leaders’ meeting held this afternoon in Parliament that the adjournment debate on the government’s policy statement presented by the President in Parliament today (August 03) will be held on the 9th, 10th and 12th of August.

The Supreme Court today (August 03) extended the travel ban imposed on former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and former Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa until August 11, as they were named as respondents in a case filed over the economic crisis.

The National People’s Power (NPP) says that there is no clear schedule or fulfilment of responsibilities for the all-party government proposed by President Ranil Wickremesinghe.

Sri Lanka will restart bailout talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in August, its new president said on Wednesday, while calling on lawmakers to form an all-party government to resolve a crippling economic crisis.

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe arrived at the Parliamentary premises to ceremonially declare open the third session of the Ninth Parliament this morning (August 03).

A person who illegally entered the Sri Lankan President’s House in Fort on July 09 and took photographs while sitting on the President’s chair was arrested by the Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) in Deraniyagala.