Category: Local News

64 Sri Lankans who were suspected to be attempting to illegally migrate from the country via sea routes, have been taken into the Navy custody this morning (June 15) during a special operation by the Sri Lanka Navy in the eastern seas.

SriLankan Airlines recorded a loss of Rs. 45,674 Million in 2021, revealed the latest report by the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE).

The representatives from the financial and legal advisory firms Lazard and Clifford Chance, hired by Sri Lanka for debt restructuring arrived on the island yesterday (June 14), Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said.

Maldivian Parliamentary Speaker and former President Mohamed Nasheed has denied SJB MP Dr. Harsha de Silva’s claims that several countries have refused to assist Sri Lanka.

The US’ influential Senate Foreign Relations Committee has urged the Quad nations to take a “more proactive role” in addressing Sri Lanka’s political and economic crisis, while praising India’s role in providing humanitarian assistance to the government in the island nation to avoid a meltdown.

Six batches of rice are scheduled to arrive in Sri Lanka under China’s 500 million RMB grant to the island nation, the Embassy of China in Colombo said today (June 14).

One person was shot dead in Elakanda, Wattala today (June 14), said Sri Lanka Police.

The Adani Group today said it was “disappointed” as it reacted to a massive controversy over an energy project in Sri Lanka awarded to the group, after a Lankan official’s claim that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa acted under pressure from Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Sri Lanka’s Cabinet of Ministers has approved the proposal to declare Friday a holiday for the Public Sector.

U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka Julie Chung attended the signing ceremony for a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Sri Lankan Department of Agriculture on Monday (13), for a $27 million project that aims to double the milk production of Sri Lankan dairy farmers participating in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s “Food for Progress” initiative.

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe says Poson Poya is the day when the Sri Lankan state was blended together with the essence of Dhamma politics as well as the spiritual well-being of the Sri Lankan people.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, in his Poson Day message, said unity, support and commitment of all are essential for the success of a people-centric goal.

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe had spoken to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken today (June 13) over the phone.

M.C.C. Ferdinando has resigned as the Chairman of the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB).

Muditha Peiris has been appointed as the new Chairman of Litro Gas Lanka Limited.

Indian National Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday hit out at the Modi government over its alleged interference in a Sri Lanka Power Project.