Category: Local News

A 32-year-old man was killed and three others were hospitalised when a gunman opened fire at them in Grandpass this morning.

The Disaster Management Centre (DMC) requested the public, Ministries and Government institutions to observe two minutes silence between 9.25 a.m. and 9.27 a.m. today (26) and organise religious programmes for those affected by various disasters.

Four persons have died in a shooting incident at the Kudawella fisheries harbor, this morning (25), stated the Police Media Spokesperson.

A German investor, domiciled in Sri Lanka, said the Western Foreign Missions, led by German Embassy and the British High Commission, took Sri Lanka’s constitutional crisis as a reason to issue travel advisories against Sri Lanka, and it was the reason for a drop in tourist arrivals during the season.

Christmas is the season of great joy. It’s a time of remembering the past with hope for the future. The life of Jesus Christ brought about hope and reconciliation to a fragmented world.

The expectation of Christmas is a promise of a new life, a new birth. Christmas is a season where the message of Jesus, on peace and reconciliation, reverberates throughout the world.

Bus fares will be reduced by 4 percent with effect from midnight on Wednesday (Dec. 26), Transport Minister Arjuna Ranatunga said.

Marawila Police arrested a suspect with one kilogram of heroin worth over Rs 12 million in Marawila.

Over 45,000 people and 13,646 families have been affected by the recent floods in the Northern Province due to heavy rains and winds, the Disaster Management Center yesterday said.

President Maithripala Sirisena has instructed relevant authorities to provide immediate relief to the people affected by the heavy rains and floods that prevailed in the Mullaitivu, Mannar and Kilinochchi District.

Following the directives of the Office of Chief of Defence Staff and based on information from the Disaster Management Centre, naval personnel are currently engaged in relief and rescue missions in the districts of Mullaitivu and Killnochchi which are worst affected by the inclement weather condition.

A fire has been reported at a timber store at Vaxhall Street in Colombo, stated the CMC Fire Service Department (Fire Brigade).

Sri Lanka’s “ex-disputed PM to now disputed opposition leader” Mahinda Rajapaksa says that he was unaware till the last minute of his October 26 appointment (as Prime Minister) that he was to be appointed.

It has been decided at a discussion held yesterday under the patronage of President Maithripala Sirisena to expedite investigations in to the Central Bank Bond Scam and conduct a forensic audit.

Minister of Health Dr. Rajitha Senaratne says the shortage of drugs at state hospitals will be addressed promptly.

The swearing in of several new State Ministers and Deputy Ministers commenced at the Presidential Secretariat, a short while ago.