Category: Local News

Former sports minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage says he has received a telephone call from the head of the International Cricket Council’s anti-corruption unit.

Leader of the JVP Anura Kumara Dissanayake says the JVP revealed to the public that two stages of the Millennium Challenge Corporation agreement were signed by the former government.

A drug dealer, Ketawalapitiye Sampath, has been shot dead by police during a shootout at Gampaha, the Police Spokesman SSP Jaliya Senaratne said.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has given one year’s time to Lanka Salt Limited running at a loss since 2018 to earn a profit.

A total of US$ 10 million paid to the Yahapalana Government following signing of two phases of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Compact is unaccounted for, it was revealed yesterday following the handing over of the final report of the Review Committee.

Vinayagamurthi Muralitharan alias Karuna Amman arrived at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) this morning to give a statement over his remarks that he killed some 2,000 to 3,000 Sri Lankan soldiers in one night at Elephant Pass.

Referring to the controversial remarks made by former LTTE member Vinyagamoorthy Muralitharan alias Karuna, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa said the former parliamentarian’s history was no secret to anyone.

A soldier (22), attached to Polhengoda Army Camp commits suicide using his official weapon according to the Military Spokesman.

A suspect commits suicide by hanging himself inside the cell while in police custody in Narahenpita Police station last night (24).

The Central Bank has approved 13,861 loan applications under the Phase-I of Saubagya (Prosperity) Loan Scheme, totaling Rs. 27.9 billion, out of which the licensed banks have already disbursed Rs. 14.8 billion among 7,274 affected businesses island-wide as of 24 June 2020.

19 chief jailors of prisons in Sri Lanka have been transferred with immediate effect on exigencies of service, the Commissioner General of Prisons Thushara Upuldeniya said.

Latest statistics on the outbreak of Coronavirus / COVID-19 in Sri Lanka for the day 24 June 2020, according to the Health Promotion Bureau.

The Sri Lankan authorities have ordered an investigation into a former commander of the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) after he publicly boasted about killing several thousand Sri Lankan soldiers during the country’s civil war, which ended in 2009. He killed more soldiers, he reportedly said, than Sri Lankans had died from the coronavirus.

The special investigation team of the Ministry of Sports is recording a statement from former Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage on his comment with regard to the alleged ‘match-fixing’ at the 2011 World Cup final.

Following corporate, individual donations and direct deposits, ‘ITUKAMA’ COVID-19 Healthcare and Social Security Fund balance has now surpassed Rs. 1,392 million.

Latest statistics on the outbreak of Coronavirus / COVID-19 in Sri Lanka for the day 23 June 2020, according to the Health Promotion Bureau.