Category: Local News

Two persons have died in an accident reported early this morning (January 29) along the Colombo Outer Circular Expressway, between the Kaduwela and Kadawatha exits.

The Speaker of Sri Lanka Parliament Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena has tested positive for COVID-19.

Sri Lanka has recorded an export revenue of USD 15.12 billion for the year 2021, according to Trade Minister Bandula Gunawardena.

Sri Lanka has initiated a country strategy for India with an eye on integrating its ‘fragile’ economy with the Indian economy with focus on eight sectors to boost fortunes, The Economic Times reports after an interview with the Ambassador of Sri Lanka to India, Milinda Moragoda.

JVP Leader, MP Anura Kumara Dissanayake, said the millions of rupees allegedly withdrawn from the Prime Minister’s private account is just a drop in the ocean.

One person died and 15 others hospitalised after a bus carrying employees of a garment factory fell into a precipice of about 45 feet on the Dickoya- Darawala road near Hatton this morning (January 28).

A security guard at a residential compound in the Al Waab area of Doha, Qatar was shot late on Wednesday evening, after allegedly requesting a young man’s ID upon entry, residents of the compound informed Doha News.

Sri Lanka Prisons Emergency Action and Tactical Force (SPEAT Force) was introduced to thwart corruption and misconduct in Prisons and to control such issues in a more transparent approach

Although the Government offered to purchase a kilo of paddy at Rs. 75 rate, the farmers have refused to sell paddy at a rate below Rs. 120 per kilo, leaders of farmer unions stressed yesterday (26), at a media briefing held near Parakrama Samudra paddy field, Polonnaruwa.

Supermarket shelves are bare and restaurants can’t serve meals, but Sri Lanka’s economic crisis is a bonanza for used car dealers, with vehicle shortages pushing prices higher than a house in a nice area.

Chairman of the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) M.M.C Ferdinando has tendered his resignation to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa citing personal reasons.

Earnings from exports in November 2021 have recorded the highest monthly export value in history, notching up a total of USD 1.211 billion, says the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL).

A massive protest organised by the UNP in collaboration with various trade unions and political parties was held opposite the Galle SLTB bus terminal last evening (25), condemning the rule of the Government as well as increase in prices of essential commodities.

Senior DIG Ajith Rohana has been appointed as the Senior Police Spokesperson, the Police Headquarters announced today (January 25).

The Cabinet of Ministers has decided to allocate Rs. 40 billion to compensate paddy farmers for drop damages sustained during the last Maha Season, says Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage.

With the number of COVID cases continuing to soar due to spread of the Omicron variant, hospitalisations have increased by 10 percent while the number of patients depending on Oxygen has increased by eight percent.