Category: Local News

Litro Gas has decided to suspend its decision to increase prices of domestic gas cylinders, as per a government directive, the company announced today (April 22).

Litro Gas Lanka Limited increased the price of a 12.5kg liquefied petroleum gas cylinder today (April 22).

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka’s inflation hit a record high for the sixth consecutive month, official data showed on Friday as the government asked the IMF for an urgent bailout.

The body of a man suspected to have been shot and killed was found in the Diviyagala area in Kosgoda, police said.

Monaragala District MP Vijitha Berugoda has been appointed as the State Minister of Highways.

A 60-member delegation led by Archbishop of Colombo His Eminence Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith including persons affected by the Easter Attacks left for the Vatican today (April 22) following an invitation by Pope Francis.

Global human rights group Amnesty International says the calls for justice over the 2019 April 21st attacks should not be left unheard.

Inspector General of Police Chandana Wickramaratne is expected to appear before the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) today (April 22) for questioning over Police actions in controlling protesters in Rambukkana on Tuesday (April 19).

Constitutional amendments will not resolve the country’s political crisis, a Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka told Parliament yesterday (April 21).

The Chairman of Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation, Engineer Vijitha Herath has been appointed as the Chairman of LITRO Gas Lanka Limited.

The Health Ministry has withdrawn its decision to relax wearing face masks outdoors and reversed its earlier decision with immediate effect and announced that wearing masks outdoors has been made mandatory again.

The main opposition Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) has put forward a set of proposals for constitutional amendments including the abolishment of the executive presidency and the 20th Amendment.

Sri Lanka may take nearly three weeks to appoint advisers to guide an overhaul of its debt, according to the country’s finance chief, a move seen as key to unlock emergency funds needed to ease its worsening economic crisis.

The Chinese government has decided to provide emergency humanitarian assistance to Sri Lanka to help the country cope with the current difficulties, foreign media reported.

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Wednesday pledged an impartial and transparent inquiry into a police shooting that left one person dead and 13 others injured during protests over the country’s worst economic crisis in decades.

India will provide an additional $500 million in financial assistance to Sri Lanka for it to buy fuel, Sri Lanka’s foreign minister told reporters on Wednesday