Category: Local News

Sri Lanka’s government is seeking help from the United Nations and other countries in assessing the environmental damage caused by a fire on a container ship carrying chemicals that is sinking off its capital, officials said Tuesday.

The government of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is probably the only government to be detested by the people, said Venerable Muruththettuwe Ananda Thero, the Chief Incumbent of the Abhayarama Temple on Tuesday (15).

State Minister Prof. Channa Jayasumana has requested the Director-General of Health Services to look into the possibility of administering the Pfizer vaccine as the second dose to those who have been vaccinated with AstraZeneca (Covishield) as the first dose.

Prices of bakery products except for bread have been increased in line with the recent fuel hike, All Ceylon Bakery Owners’ Association stated.

Sri Lanka’s Attorney General has advised the Criminal Investigations Department to arrest the local agent for the X-Press Pearl container ship and produce him in court.

Australia will allow a Sri Lankan asylum seeker family detained on Christmas Island since 2019 to live in community detention on the mainland after public anger over their separation when the youngest child became sick and was flown to a major hospital.

Commissioner General of Excise MJ Gunasiri says consent has not been granted to sell alcohol online.

Justice Minister Ali Sabry PC yesterday said that the government had decided to allow anyone or any institution affected by the X-Press Pearl vessel disaster to claim damages separately.

The Colombo High Court yesterday released the Captain of the wrecked Singaporean-flagged container vessel, the MV X-Press Pearl, on a Rs. 2 million personal bond and ordered him to surrender his passport to the Courts.

Justice Arjuna Obeysekera was sworn in as a Supreme Court Judge before President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat this morning (14).

Bahrain has temporarily halted the issuance of new work permits for people from ‘red list’ countries including Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka Navy has seized 237 kilograms and 500 grams of Kerala Cannabis valued at Rs. 71 million along with 03 suspects and a dinghy during a special operation conducted in seas north of Point Pedro today (June 14).

Minister of Youth and Sports Namal Rajapaksa says the government has formulated a plan to bring in additional foreign exchange to the country.

The Tamil Nadu state police and Central intelligence agencies have stepped up vigil after threats of an armed group trying to infiltrate from Sri Lanka were received, Indian media reports said.

Opposition MP Eran Wickramaratne charged that the Government failed to pass on the benefit of low oil prices last year to the people but was quick to burden them with the higher prices this year.

It would have been better if fuel prices remained as it was, Youth and Sports Minister Namal Rajapaksa said in Koggala.