Category: Local News

Sri Lanka announced nationwide 13-hour daily power cuts from Thursday and more hospitals suspended routine surgeries after running out of life-saving medicines, as the cash-strapped island’s economic crisis deepened.

Sri Lanka will impose 13-hour power cuts on tomorrow (March 31), announced the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka.

Litro Chairman says that a request was made from the Cabinet of Ministers to increase gas prices.

India-China rivalry in Sri Lanka has been playing out for years now but the unprecedented economic crisis in the island nation has given it fresh impetus.

The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka has proposed a work-from-home method for state sector workers today and tomorrow in order to address the prevalent power crisis.

Saudi Arabia intends to continually provide the assistance of the Saudi Development Fund to Sri Lanka, the outgoing Saudi ambassador to Sri Lanka Abdulnasser Hussain Al-Harthi says.

The Health Ministry issued an Extraordinary Gazette amending maximum retail prices of several medical devices including stents used to treat blockage in arteries.

The recently signed Maritime Security Pacts with the Indian Government will not result in a hindrance or threat to the national security of Sri Lanka, the Defence Ministry said yesterday (March 29).

The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation has requested the general public NOT to remain in queues at filling stations for Diesel on Wednesday (March 30) & Thursday (March 31).

The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) has approved a 10-hour islandwide power cut from time to time between 8.00 am and 12 midnight tomorrow (March 30).

The Madras High Court in India on Monday told the central government to take action to get the 68 Indian fishermen, who are held and remanded in custody in Sri Lanka, released.

Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar responded to the suspension of scheduled surgeries and shortage of medicines at Peradeniya Teaching Hospital in Sri Lanka and said that India is contacting the commissioner to extend help.

Sri Lanka and India signed six Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) on Monday (March 28) during a meeting between Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar and his counterpart Professor G.L. Peiris.

The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) highlighted that the party has not taken any decision to nominate UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe as the country’s next Prime Minister.

The 5th edition of BIMSTEC is being hosted by Sri Lanka this year and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be attending virtually. The summit scheduled for March 30 is in virtual mode.

The Cabinet of Ministers has granted approval for Sri Lanka Railways to revise train fares of several categories, according to Transport Minister Dilum Amunugama.