Category: Local News

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.

Japanese Ambassador in Colombo Mizukoshi Hideaki who met the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) yesterday (June 30) had reportedly said that there is a risk of financial assistance to Sri Lanka being mismanaged and hence Japan will not support the country at this point.

Sri Lanka’s headline inflation, as measured by the year-on-year (Y-o-Y) change in the Colombo Consumer Price Index, soared to 54.6 percent in June from 39.1 percent in May this year, the Department of Census and Statistics (DCS) said yesterday (June 30) in a press release.

Sri Lanka’s strategic location has attracted outsized interest in the small island nation from regional giants China and India for more than a decade, with Beijing and its free-flowing loans and infrastructure investments widely seen as having gained the upper hand in the quest for influence.

Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe was re-appointed as the Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) for the next six years by Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today (June 30).

Six persons were sentenced to death after they were convicted of murdering five people in year 2000.

One person has been killed in a shooting incident near the Kolonnawa Junction today (June 30).

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) team that concluded their visit to Sri Lanka said that they had constructive and productive discussions with the Sri Lankan authorities on economic policies and reforms to be supported by an IMF Extended Fund Facility (EFF) arrangement

The 22nd Amendment to the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka has been published in a gazette notification issued on Wednesday (June 29).

The bus fares will be increased by 22 percent from midnight today (June 30), the National Transport Commission says.

As the fuel shortage has sent the country into a lockdown situation, people, particularly those in Colombo and the suburbs, are facing a risk of losing access to food and other essential stuff, with the retailers struggling to restock their shelves on time, as they scramble to refuel their delivery fleets.

The World Bank would extend further support after reaching an agreement with the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank’s Country Director for Sri Lanka Faris Hadad-Zervos says.