Category: Local News

Sri Lankan war widows and women in former conflict zones are being forced to sell their kidneys to pay loan sharks, a UN expert said Tuesday, urging government intervention.

Attention should be drawn by officials towards an immediate ban on the import of food crops which can be grown locally without trying to submit consumer reports made according to the needs of various racketeers, President Maithripala Sirisena said.

Lanka Indian Oil Company has increased fuel prices from midnight yesterday, in accordance with the price hike by the fuel pricing formula.

NEW DELHI: Sri Lanka is a special and important part of India’s ‘Neighbourhood First’ policy, President Ram Nath Kovind said Monday.

The Retail Prices of Fuel have been revised with effect from midnight today (10) based on the Fuel pricing formula, the Finance Ministry said.

President Maithripala Sirisena doesn’t believe that Ranil Wickremesinghe has qualities to be a Prime Minister, says former President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

The Special High Court today granted bail to former Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa and six others over the case where they have allegedly misappropriated public funds for the construction of the D. A. Rajapaksa memorial museum at Weeraketiya.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will leave for Vietnam today to attend the World Economic Forum on ASEAN in Hanoi at the invitation of the World Economic Forum (WEF).

Sri Lanka’s Port of Colombo was ranked the world’s top port with the highest container growth in the first half of 2018, Sri Lanka’s Ports and Shipping Ministry said in a statement on Sunday.

Sri Lanka won the Asian Netball Championship 2018 by beating Singapore 69-50 today.

Former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa says that the behavior of Sri Lanka’s Inspector General of Police (IGP) is completely unacceptable.

President Maithripala Sirisena says there is unnecessary concern in the country regarding the Presidential election and that even though some have made statements that the presidential election will be early, he will not in any way hold a presidential election before it is due.

The Attorney General (AG) has instructed the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to take legal action against former State Minister of Children and Women’s Affairs Vijayakala Maheswaran for allegedly making statements to the effect that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam should be re-established and thereby allegedly causing disharmony amongst the ethnic communities.

The Sri Lankan government on Friday said the country was on track in achieving its target of being free from landmines by 2020.

President Maithripala Sirisena says the laws to give stern punishments will be implemented in the future against the people who engage in ragging incidents while properly implementing the Prohibition of Ragging Act.

The United States Senate has approved the appointment of Alaina B. Teplitz as new US ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Maldives.