Category: Local News

The Yugadanavi Coal Power Plant has been reconnected to the national grid after being rectified, says the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL).

Sri Lanka Customs arrested two people with 46,000 Euros (equivalent to Rs. 11 million) while attempting to smuggle the currency to Dubai this morning (February 02).

The Foreign Ministry yesterday refuted a news item that said Sri Lanka purchased weapons from North Korea using Black Market Dollars.

Three persons were killed and another was critically injured after a three wheeler collided with a train at Rathgama in Galle this morning (February 01).

The Indian Oil Company (IOC) has agreed to supply a shipment of 40,000 metric tonnes of diesel.

The government has approved the plan to obtain crude oil for the Sapugaskanda Oil Refinery by July 2022 from Terra Nevis Group in Cyprus.

The Colombo High Court today (February 01) acquitted Minister Basil Rajapaksa and former Director-General of Divi Neguma Department Kithsiri Ranawaka from the 2015 almanacs (‘Lith’) distribution case.

Consumers can purchase coconuts at a fixed price of Rs. 75 per nut from Lanka Sathosa outlets throughout the year, Minister of Trade Dr. Bandula Gunawardena said.

The JVP yesterday called on the government to clash with them ideologically on political practices and policies without sending hirelings to throw eggs and brickbats.

Headline inflation, as measured by the year-on-year change in the Colombo Consumer Price Index, increased to 14.2 percent in January 2022 from 12.1 percent in December 2021.

The body of a man has been recovered from the canal along Lake Drive in Borella, says the police spokesperson.

Sri Lanka Police on Sunday (30) detained two men for attacking the vehicle of JVP Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s vehicle with eggs.

The Samagai Jana Balawegaya (SJB) is not strong or powerful enough to face the current crisis that is affecting the country, SJB MP Patalai Champika Ranawaka said.

Commander of the Army General Shavendra Silva says a mobile vaccination programme will be carried out across the island from today (January 31).

It took more than two decades for India and Sri Lanka to finalise the deal to build Trincomalee oil farm tanks, a move expected to boost energy security for both countries and set the stage for further economic cooperation.

Mr. Dhammika Perera has proposed a seven-pronged strategy to overcome Sri Lanka’s foreign exchange crisis.