Category: Local News

The public has been severely affected by the strike action launched by railway workers in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe says the government’s next step with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is to submit the plan on debt restructuring and sustainability.

A 60-year-old man waiting in a queue to buy fuel at Tickle Road in Borella had died, police said.

The Cabinet of Ministers has approved a proposal to waive off unpaid loans obtained from state banks by paddy farmers who have less than two hectares.

Sri Lanka President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa has suddenly arrived for the parliamentary session today (July 05) without prior notice.

There is a possibility of selling a kilo of rice for Rs.140, former Director of Agriculture K.B. Gunaratne said.

Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Parliamentarian Nalin Bandara Jayamaha has requested the Secretary of Defence to issue a statement on the accuracy of reports of an alleged terrorist attack.

Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) today (July 04) urged the government to share the details of an alleged security threat as outlined in a reported communique between the police chief and the defence ministry secretary ahead of the ‘Black Tiger’ day marked by the LTTE on July 05.

Sri Lanka’s Defence Ministry requests the public not to panic about the intelligence information of a purported terrorist attack which is currently circulating in the social media.

The Suwa Seriya 1990 emergency ambulance service announced yesterday (July 03) that its patient transfers would be delayed due to lack of fuel.

Sri Lanka Army launched an internal investigation on the incident at a fuel station at Yaggahapitiya in Kurunegala where an Army officer attacked a civilian.

The Department of Immigration and Emigration says that the issuance of passports under the one-day service will be implemented in three more districts from today (July 04).

The Chief Administrative Officer of the Lankapura Pradeshiya Sabawa has reportedly been stabbed to death.

Sri Lanka Police says the main suspect in the double murders at Bastian Mawatha in Colombo on the 30th of May has been shot dead by police during a shootout at Bemmulla.

Based on information received by the Kilinochchi Police, a 25-year old man had been arrested for the illegal possession of fuel including 6,400 litres of diesel during a raid in Kilinochchi today morning (July 03).

Sri Lanka is struggling to raise $587 million to pay for about half a dozen fuel shipments, a top minister said on Sunday as the cash-strapped country tries to cope with its worst financial crisis in decades.