Category: Local News

The Colombo Commercial High Court today (June 06) issued an order suspending the Enjoining Order issued against the plane belonging to Russia’s Aeroflot Airlines.

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) claims the future of the youth has become uncertain due to the short-sighted decisions reached by senior politicians.

Private bus operations countrywide will be limited with effect from today (June 06) owing to the current fuel shortage, Lanka Private Bus Owners’ Association Chairman Gemunu Wijeratne said yesterday.

While noting that rice mills in the Anuradhapura District can provide rice for only two more weeks, Anuradhapura Small and Medium Scale Rice Mill Owners’ Association also said rice mills around the country would be able to produce rice for the market for a period of a maximum of three months.

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe spoke to NDTV on the present situation in the island nation and also thanked India for its support during the time of crisis.

A person was killed and two others were injured in a shooting that took place in the Morakatiara area in Tangalle today (June 05), Police said.

The price of Laugfs domestic LP gas cylinders has been increased, the new price of a 12.5 kg Laugfs gas cylinder will be Rs. 6,850.

Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has informed Russia through the Foreign Ministry that the issue over the Aeroflot passenger aircraft is not between the two countries but is a private legal issue.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Saturday assured Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner Milinda Moragoda that a second shipment of essential commodities was to be dispatched to Sri Lanka and a few more shipments were in line.

Veteran actress Sumana Amarasinghe passed away at the age of 73 at the Sri Jayewardenepura Hospital yesterday night (June 04).

The Government is considering a proposal to give public servants the option of keeping away from work on Fridays and cultivate home gardens and other lands, a senior official said.

A 27-year-old youth was killed in a shooting incident at Panchaliya in Ahangama this evening (June 04), Police said.

Russian Airline Aeroflot has suspended commercial flights to Sri Lanka.

A 22-year old Army soldier assigned for security at MP M.A. Sumanthiran’s residence in Wellawatta was found dead with gunshot wounds this morning (June 04).

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday (June 03) said a Food Security Programme which is being compiled by the Agriculture Department will be unveiled next month with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) expressing its support for the initiative.

Nine army intelligence officers who were released on bail, over the abduction and disappearance of journalist Prageeth Ekneligoda, have been remanded until the 13th of June.