Category: Local News

Veteran Sri Lankan singer Nuwan Gunawardena passed away this evening (December 08).

Sri Lanka’s Education Ministry has decided to declare a Special Holiday for all Government and Government-funded schools on Friday, December 09, 2022.

The Sri Lankan Parliament today (December 08) passed the Budget for the year 2023 following the third reading.

The date to begin accepting nominations for the Local Government Election will be announced in the last week of December 2022, the National Election Commission said.

The three-year-old is losing weight and complains of leg pains and weakness. The doctor’s diagnosis is clear – Nitisha is underfed and malnourished.

The fog or mist seen these days is not a natural occurrence as the air quality has reached very unhealthy levels in the Northern part of Sri Lanka.

India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday justified the government’s support to Sri Lanka, saying India would be shirking its responsibility if it did not step forward to support a crisis-hit neighbour.

Earnings from merchandise exports declined in October 2022 – on a year-on-year basis – for the first time since March 2022 due to lower earnings from garments exports, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) says.

Sandya Ekneligoda, a human rights activist and wife of missing journalist Prageeth Ekneligoda has made it to BBC’s 100 women of 2022.

Sri Lanka has completely relaxed the restrictions imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic on persons arriving in the country.

Global lenders including the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank and the IMF are planning coordinated assistance to help Sri Lanka recover from its economic crisis, the government said on Tuesday.

Wasantha Mudalige and Venerable Galwewa Siridhamma Thero were released on bail by the Kaduwela Magistrate’s Court today (December 06).

If electricity tariffs are not increased, six to eight hour daily power cuts will have to be imposed from next year, Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekara said.

The Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) has arrested a 41-year-old man who is reportedly the main broker in the human organ racket at a private hospital in Colombo.

The World Bank on Monday (December 05) approved Sri Lanka’s request to access concessional financing from the International Development Association (IDA).

The United States officially handed over 9,300 tonnes of urea fertilizer to the Ministry of Agriculture on Monday (December 05) to distribute to more than 193,000 smallholder paddy farmers in Jaffna, Mullaitivu, Mannar, Vavuniya, Anuradhapura, Trincomalee, Batticaloa and Monaragala districts, a statement from the U.S. Embassy said.