Category: Local News

A poultry farm located at the Pallegama area in Pannala has been gutted in a fire killing more than 3000 chickens that erupted at around 3:00 am today (December 24).

The Railway Station Masters Association has suspended the issuance of train tickets from midnight yesterday (December 23).

Around 100 to 200 tonnes of Laugfs Gas will be released to the local market in the next two days, K. M. Wegapitiya, the Chairman of Laugfs Gas said on Friday (December 24).

The Environment Ministry will launch a programme under the theme ‘Paperless Parliament’ to reduce the use of paper in Parliament.

In a bold move, a factory in Pakistan’s Sialkot has hired another Sri Lankan national in place of his slain compatriot who was lynched earlier this month by supporters of a radical Islamist party on the allegations of blasphemy.

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka wishes to inform the general public that the measures being taken at present will ensure that by the end of 2021 official reserves will remain above US dollars 3 billion.

Former Speaker of Parliament and Chairman of the National Movement for Social Justice Karu Jayasuriya says a new constitution is essential if all races are to live in harmony.

The General Secretary of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), State Minister Dayasiri Jayasekara said the SLFP can form an alliance with the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP).

The bus fares will be increased from next Wednesday (December 29) in line with the recent fuel price hike, says State Minister of Transport Dilum Amunugama.

The island-wide strike launched by the Government Medical Officers’ Association enters day three, patient care services have been highly affected across the country.

Sri Lanka plans to settle $251 million in oil import dues owed to Iran by bartering tea, a Sri Lankan minister said on Wednesday, amid dwindling foreign reserves.

The island-wide strike action launched by the Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) over several demands including the transfer of doctors without the approval of the Transfer Board, continues today (December 22) for the second day.

Two persons were killed and another injured following a collision between a truck and a bowser between Kapuduwa and Palatuwa area on the Southern Expressway this morning (December 22).

Cabinet spokesperson Dullas Alahapperuma said although they initially mocked the late Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera’s fuel pricing formula, when they were in the Opposition, he now believes a price formula of that nature could be useful to overcome ramifications and public outcry on abrupt price increases.

The JVP yesterday called on people to take to the streets against the government that cannot control market prices of essential items.

The committee appointed by the President to look into gas leak-related explosions has concluded that the change in the composition of gas cylinders is the main reason behind explosions.