Category: Local News

The Sri Lankan rupee has depreciated to the lowest value against the US dollar in history today (March 21).

The Sri Lanka Government has requested financial assistance of USD 1 Billion loan and 1.5 Billion Credit Line from China.

The Ministry of Technology says the agreement to be signed to introduce the Digital National Identity Card in the country with financial assistance from India will be presented to the Cabinet of Ministers today for approval.

A motorcyclist was stabbed and killed by a three-wheeler driver following an argument at a petrol filling station at Horagolla in Nittambuwa last night (March 20).

The fuel refinery operations at the Sapugaskanda oil refinery will be closed from midnight yesterday (March 20) due to insufficient stocks of Crude Oil, Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) Chairman Sumith Wijesinghe said.

Minister of Trade Dr. Bandula Gunawardena said commodities imported from India that have not yet been released from the port, are being prepared for release and will be registered with the Ministry of Trade as soon as possible.

Sri Lanka cancelled exams for millions of school students as the country ran out of printing paper with Colombo short on dollars to finance imports, officials said Saturday.

Another senior citizen who fainted while standing in a fuel queue in Kadawatha has died on admission to hospital today (March 20).

The price of a laugfs gas has been increased due to the rupee depreciating against the dollar, Deputy Chairman of Laugfs Gas PLC Thilak de Silva said.

Former Prime Minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, spoke to Pasindu Gunaratne, about the current economic crisis facing the country and the measures that should be taken to help move the country forward.

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka has announced that it is ending the proposed additional incentive scheme for expatriate workers’ remittances and exporters.

A person who had come to obtain kerosene from a petrol station in Kandy passed away this afternoon (March 19) after collapsing due to heat exhaustion while waiting in line.

The price of a 400g packet of milk powder has been increased by Rs. 250 with immediate effect.

Despite having recommenced liquefied petroleum (LP) gas distribution from today (March 18), Litro Gas officials are warning that the state institution remains at risk of closure from a staggering Rs. 2,000 loss on each cylinder.

A group of protesters of the Socialist Youth Union (SYU) attached to the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) have forcibly entered the Presidential Secretariat a short while ago.

Sri Lanka Police says that steps have been taken to suspend the three-day vehicle parade which had been organised from Mirigama to Anuradhapura via Kalpitiya by a motorcycle club called “Spin Rider Club” due to public protest.