Category: Local News

Former Parliamentarian and popular cinema artiste Ranjan Ramanayake who is currently serving sentence in Prison has won the People’s actor award at the 2022 Slim-Kanter Award ceremony held in Colombo last night (March 21).

State Minister Nimal Lanza has resigned from his ministerial portfolio with immediate effect.

Sri Lanka Army personnel have been deployed to monitor the distribution of fuel at filling stations operated by the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CEYPETCO).

The driver of Energy Minister Gamini Lokuge has been beaten to death at his residence in Mawiththara in Kesbewa this evening, Police said.

A Sri Lanka government-appointed committee on Monday said the crisis-hit country’s central bank and finance ministry must form a team to seek urgent international financial assistance as its economy reels under a foreign currency shortage.

China’s ambassador to Sri Lanka said Monday it is considering a request for $2.5 billion in assistance to help the island nation through a debt and foreign currency crisis.

Another Senior Citizen had died after collapsing while waiting in line for fuel at a filling station in Mirigama today (March 21).

The Sri Lankan rupee has depreciated to the lowest value against the US dollar in history today (March 21).

The Sri Lanka Government has requested financial assistance of USD 1 Billion loan and 1.5 Billion Credit Line from China.

The Ministry of Technology says the agreement to be signed to introduce the Digital National Identity Card in the country with financial assistance from India will be presented to the Cabinet of Ministers today for approval.

A motorcyclist was stabbed and killed by a three-wheeler driver following an argument at a petrol filling station at Horagolla in Nittambuwa last night (March 20).

The fuel refinery operations at the Sapugaskanda oil refinery will be closed from midnight yesterday (March 20) due to insufficient stocks of Crude Oil, Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) Chairman Sumith Wijesinghe said.

Minister of Trade Dr. Bandula Gunawardena said commodities imported from India that have not yet been released from the port, are being prepared for release and will be registered with the Ministry of Trade as soon as possible.

Sri Lanka cancelled exams for millions of school students as the country ran out of printing paper with Colombo short on dollars to finance imports, officials said Saturday.

Another senior citizen who fainted while standing in a fuel queue in Kadawatha has died on admission to hospital today (March 20).

The price of a laugfs gas has been increased due to the rupee depreciating against the dollar, Deputy Chairman of Laugfs Gas PLC Thilak de Silva said.