Category: Local News

The Ministry of Finance announced that fuel prices have been increased with effect from midnight today (12), based on the pricing formula.

The second reading of the 2019 Budget proposal was passed in Parliament this evening with a majority of 43 votes.

Popular artiste Jananath Warakagoda was arrested and remanded today over an accident in which a 62-year-old woman was killed at Kirillawela.

Japan’s overseas development agency said Monday that it has agreed to lend funds for a new $1.5-billion light rail system for Sri Lanka’s congested capital Colombo.

The decisive vote on the Second reading of the 2019 Budget is scheduled for today.

UPFA Parliamentarian Wimal Weerawansa yesterday (11), alleged that the newly operational American Institution, called the Millennium Challenge Corporation, located at the Temple Trees, which is allegedly headed by the Secretary of the United States (US) Department of State, is a threat to Sri Lanka.

Former Navy Commander Admiral Wasantha Karannagoda appeared before the Criminal Investigations Department yesterday morning to record a statement over the abduction and killing of 11 youth has accepted that the unit in question operated under his direct supervision.

Sri Lanka was downgraded from B1 to B2 by Moody’s Credit Rating and Standard & Poor’s Ratings and Fitch Ratings also downgraded Sri Lanka from B+ to B. When a country is downgraded in this manner

As the daily electricity demand increases with rising temperatures, the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) is struggling to meet demand as the Government continues to delay commissioning Independent Power Producers (IPP) and emergency power procurement.

Upwards of 150 kilograms of heroin has been discovered from a house in Rawathawatte during a raid by the Police Special Task force.

Driver of the Defender vehicle, Navin Ratnayake, who was arrested for the hit and run accident that killed Borella Traffic OIC, IP Sarathchandra, was further remanded till March 18 by the Colombo Magistrate today.

The special committee on fuel prices will convene this morning to revise domestic fuel prices, based on the Cabinet approved monthly pricing formula.

A body with gunshot wounds injuries recovered from a playground at Godellawatte in Nawagamuwa, the Police Spokesperson said.

The first Sri Lankan nurse recruited through the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) has left the country for nursing service at a U.S. hospital.

Another set of samples from the Mannar mass grave should be sent for carbon dating in another country, Tamil National Alliance (TNA) said.

Two suspects have been arrested for the possession of heroin from Akurala, Galduwa along the Galle-Ambalangoda route.