Category: Local News

The Attorney General today (22) read out before the Colombo Permanent High Court Trial-at-Bar, the indictment consisting of 855 charges against former IGP Pujith Jayasundara over the Easter Sunday attacks.

Although several plans have been conceptualised and rolled out for Sri Lanka’s tourism industry to move towards recovery, branding and positioning of the island nation is yet to be effectively executed, a tourism industry veteran highlighted.

Before spending a colossal amount to construct and carpet roads, the Government should do something to ensure that people in the country have three square meals a day, SLPP MP Geetha Kumarasinghe said in Parliament.

SLPP MP Dr. Wijayadasa Rajapakshe said on Saturday that he would vote for the budget 2022 not because he subscribed to what was stated therein, but because the country needed a budget.

Agriculture Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage yesterday said permission has not been given to import chemical fertilizer for paddy and vegetable cultivation.

Around 800,000 cylinders of domestic gas will be released to the market during the course of the coming week to remedy the ongoing scarcity, Litro Gas Lanka Ltd said.

The Ministry of Agriculture says that permission has been granted for the import of plant nutrients and agrochemicals for paddy, corn vegetables and other crops for the Maha season.

Former State minister of Finance Eran Wickramaratne says the budget – 2022 presented by the Minister of Finance Basil Rajapaksa has an unrealistic dream of 8.8% deficit as per their own estimation. However according to the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2003 the budget deficit cannot exceed 5% of the GDP.

Four members of the same family of Sri Lankan heritage, including a boy and girl, have died in a house fire in south-east London.

SJB Gampaha District MP Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka told Parliament yesterday that he did not deem the raid conducted at the Directorate of Military Intelligence safe house at Millennium City, Athurugiriya illegal.

An explosion has taken place at the old racecourse building, Colombo 7, Police Spokesman SSP Nihal Thalduwa said.

Minister of Trade Bandula Gunawardana says citizens should be prepared to face a food shortage in the future.

COVID clusters have been identified in five districts in the country, Director General of Health Services Dr Asela Gunawardena said.

Energy Minister Udaya Gammanpila told the media yesterday (18) that Sri Lanka continues to supply fuel at a time when even the world’s most powerful countries are facing an energy crisis.

The Sandahiru Seya in Anuradhapura was ceremonially vested with the Venerable Maha Sanga today (November 18), officially opening the sacred site for devotees.

Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa marks the second anniversary since ascension to the Presidency today (18).