Category: Local News

Terms of Municipal Councils, Urban Councils and Pradeshiya Sabhas have been extended until the 19th of March, 2023.

An Extraordinary Gazette notification has been issued amending the institutional and legal framework of 10 Cabinet and State ministries.

Four government aid agreements were signed during the visit of the Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, to support the Sri Lankan people, the Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka said.

The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) has announced schedule for possible power cuts in the future.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has stressed that steps should be taken to find a solution to the power crisis without disrupting the lives of the people.

Another male body was found floating in a canal near the Kolonnawa Petroleum Storage Terminals today (January 10).

Two bodies of unidentified males have been found on the coastline between Bambalapitiya and Wellawatte, the police said today (January 10).

The Colombo Port City Marina Promenade, public walking path, will be open to the public daily from today (January 10).

The country had suffered setbacks on all fronts, former Speaker and the Head of the National Movement for Social Justice (NMSJ) Karu Jayasuriya said addressing the media on Friday (07).

A meeting between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China and Member of the State Council Wang Yi, and President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was held at the Presidential Secretariat, today (09)

Veteran Sri Lankan singer and entertainer Desmond De Silva has passed away at the age of 77 in Melbourne, Australia.

The Central Bank sold more than half of its gold reserve–54.1 percent or US$ 206.8 million worth– last month to shore up forex reserves that had dropped to around a month of imports in November 2021.

The Omicron variant of COVID-19 is killing people across the globe and should not be dismissed as mild, the World Health Organization insisted Thursday.

Veteran actor Robin Fernando passed away today morning (January 08) at the age of 84 years, family sources said.

Sri Lanka’s gold reserves have declined by USD 206.8 million in December, says the Central Bank of Sri Lanka.

Colombo District Court yesterday rejected a request by former President Maithripala Sirisena to release him from several lawsuits filed by the victims of the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks.