Category: Local News

The Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court ordered today (August 1) to remand Aragalaya activist Dhaniz Ali until August 15.

47 people who were ready to go to France illegally via sea were arrested by Sri Lanka Navy and Police in the town area of Wennappuwa last night (July 31).

A dead body of an unknown person has been found on the beach at Galle Face in Colombo early this morning (August 01).

Sri Lanka’s new president Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Sunday it was not the right time for former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa to return to the country as it could inflame political tensions, the Wall Street Journal reported.

The National Fuel Pass with QR code has been officially fully rolled out across Sri Lanka from today (August 1).

Sri Lanka’s new president Ranil Wickremesinghe has formally invited MPs to join an all-party unity government to revive the bankrupt economy by undertaking painful reforms, his office said Sunday.

One person was killed and two others were injured during a shooting in Rathgama this afternoon (July 31).

Sri Lanka’s president said Saturday that an agreement with the International Monetary Fund to help pull the bankrupt nation out of its economic crisis has been pushed back to September because of unrest over the past weeks.

A person was killed in a shooting that took place on Vivekananda Hill Road in Colombo yesterday night (July 30).

Steps will be taken to reserve a quota of fuel at selected filling stations for the Sri Lanka Police Department, the Ministry of Power & Energy said.

In Sri Lanka, which is battling a crushing economic crisis, is now facing another predicament with its women, most of them who have lost their jobs in the textile sector, now forced to become sex workers to earn a livelihood, the ANI reported.

Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe arrived at Sri Dalada Maligawa in Kandy this morning (July 30).

The dead body washed ashore on the Galle Face beach yesterday (July 29) has been identified as a young man residing in Pannipitiya area, Police said.

A 71-year-old person who was waiting in a queue at a filling station in Pussellawa to obtain fuel passed away yesterday (July 29).

The U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Julie J. Chung met Sri Lanka’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Sabry today (July 29) for a discussion.

China said on Friday it hoped “relevant parties” would refrain from interfering with its legitimate maritime activities after New Delhi voiced concern over a Chinese military ship’s planned visit to a port in India’s southern neighbor Sri Lanka.