Category: Local News

Venerable Omalpe Sobitha thera says subjugatory actions of certain individuals before selected politicians has led to the country’s deterioration.

A man who was in possession of 182 kg of Kerala cannabis has been taken into custody in the area of Kudiyiruppu in Pooneryn, says SDIG Ajith Rohana.

Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa delivered a special address to the nation in a televised broadcast on Friday (June 25).

Four Grama Niladhari Divisions in Kegalle District have been isolated with effect from 6.00 am today (June 26), the National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO) says.

About 150 death row inmates were on a hunger strike Friday to demand their sentences be commuted after Sri Lanka’s president pardoned a former lawmaker who had been condemned for an election-related killing.

A fire has erupted in the engine room of container ship ‘MSC Messina’ in Indian ocean halfway between Sri Lanka and Malacca Strait.

The United National Human Rights Commission says the release of former Parliamentarian Duminda Silva is another example of selective, arbitrary granting of pardons.

The United States has condemned the release of former MP Duminda Silva on a special presidential pardon.

The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) yesterday via a statement condemned the Presidential pardon for convict and former MP Duminda Silva, saying it was “unreasonable and arbitrary” and would result in erosion to the rule of law and loss of public confidence in justice.

The isolation orders have been imposed on 10 more localities in five districts effective from 6.00 am today (June 25), the National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO) announced.

Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will address the nation in a special statement tomorrow (25), the Presidential Secretariat said.

Duminda Silva was set free from the Welikada Prison today after he received a presidential pardon from President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.

Basil Rajapaksa, who left for the United States on 12th May 2021, arrived in the country this morning.

The Government is considering increasing the current Rs 5,000 fine up to Rs 50,000, for those who regularly violate health guidelines put in place to control the spread of the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, Minister of Health Pavithra Wanniarachchi warned.

The Government is preparing to face the eventuality of the European Union withdrawing GSP+ tariff concessions from Sri Lanka, State Minister of Finance, Capital Markets and State Enterprise Reforms Ajith Nivard Cabraal said yesterday but assured that diplomatic efforts to avoid such a situation were being pursued.

There was no other Government in Sri Lankan history that granted more tax relief than the current Government to provide a cushion to the entrepreneurs and the public who had been heavily taxed by the former UNP led Good Governance Government, said Trade Minister Dr. Bandula Gunawardena yesterday.