Category: Local News

SriLankan lost USD 14.04 million between 2013 and 2015 as it was compelled to fly to and handle flights at the Mattala Mahinda Rajapaksa International Airport, the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) on irregularities at SriLankan Airlines, SriLankan Catering and Mihin Lanka was informed, yesterday.

Minister of Education Akila Viraj Kariyawasam has issued directives to the Secretary to the Ministry to cancel the circular on the collection of funds for various projects in schools.

Sri Lanka has retained the 89th position in the latest Global Corruption Perceptions Index released by Transparency International.

Former Minister Johnston Fernando was acquitted from all charges with regard to a case filed against him over non-declaration of his assets and liabilities for the year 2010 by Colombo Chief Magistrate Lanka Jayaratne.

Milk powder Importers’ Union says that if the government revises the 170-rupee tariff it levies on imported milk powder, it would be possible to decrease the price of milk powder by Rs. 50 per kilogramme.

President Maithripala Sirisena says to save the nation from brutal drug smugglers a war must be conducted in a similar manner as the war against the ruthless terrorism that lasted 30 years.

Investor confidence in Sri Lanka is stabilising after the country repaid a $1 billion sovereign bond in mid-January, Central Bank of Sri Lanka Governor Indrajit Coomaraswamy told Reuters on Monday.

Chairman of the Elections Commission Mahinda Deshapriya says he will resign from his post, if the Provincial Council Election is not held before the 10th of November 2019.

Actor and Western Provincial Councilor Ravindra Yasas has been hospitalized after sustaining injuries in a road accident, early this morning (28).

The Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) inaugurated ‘Sheikh Zayed Village’ in Mannar, Sri Lanka, to house families affected by natural disasters.

The train with most modern facilities named Mathin Nidahas Ratak – (Country Free of Narcotic Drugs) which will operate from Colombo Fort to Kankasanthurai as part of the National Anti Narcotics Drive left on its maiden journey from Colombo Fort at a ceremony held under the patronage of President Maithripala Sirisena yesterday (January 27) morning.

The report compiled by the committee appointed to provide necessary recommendations for the reformation of Sri Lankan airlines is to be handed over to President Maithreepala Sirisena later today.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe says the government’s ability to create a common stance on the unitary state concept among all political parties was a major achievement.

Sri Lanka is to give India 70 percent of the stake in the Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (MRIA) in a move that appears to strike a balance with the Hambantota Port being given to China. In terms of a Cabinet Paper now being prepared for approval, the new deal is to be a joint venture between the Airport and Aviation Services of Sri Lanka (AASL) Ltd and the Airports Authority of India (AAI).

The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, has strongly condemned the attack which led to the deaths of two peacekeepers from Sri Lanka and injured six others in Mali on Friday.

President Maithripala Sirisena who is on a two day official visit to Singapore held bilateral discussions with Prime Minister of Singapore Mr. Lee Hsien Loong yesterday (25th).