Category: Local News

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.

As Sri Lanka grapples with a severe foreign exchange crunch, high street banks in India have turned cautious and selective about their exposures to the island nation.

The People’s Bank of Sri Lanka announced that a sum of USD 6.9 Million was paid to Qingdao Seawin Biotech Group Co., Ltd, on Friday (January 07)

Disruptions to the power supply can be expected in parts of the island today (January 07) as well, says the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB).

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa inspected the renovation work of the Ehelepola Walauwa, which is more than 400 years old, at Raja Veediya in Kandy yesterday (January 06).

SLPP MP Susil Premajayantha yesterday (6), came up with a strongly worded response to a statement made by SLPP backbencher Janaka Tissakuttiarachchi, that Premajayantha was stripped of his State Ministerial Portfolio based on intelligence reports, the previous day (5).

Sri Lanka on Thursday signed a deal with the local unit of Indian Oil Corp (IOC.NS), Lanka IOC, to lease 75 oil tanks, as the island moved closer to securing a $500 million fuel credit line from India.

The Ministry of Public Services, Provincial Councils and Local Government has issued a circular extending the compulsory retirement age of government employees to 65 years today (January 06) with effect from January 01, 2022.

A suspect who was in remand custody in connection with the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks has died while under treatment at the Colombo National Hospital, Borella Police told the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court yesterday (January 5).

The circular to remove salary anomalies of teachers and principals has been published by the Ministry of Public Services and Provincial Councils and Local Government.

Agriculture Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage said, if there is a food shortage in the country, then food items will be imported just like Dubai and Singapore do.