Category: Local News

The UNP yesterday warned President Maithripala Sirisena and the SLFP that the no-confidence motion (NCM) moved against UNP leader and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe would boomerang on them.

President Maithripala Sirisena says that the government fulfills the responsibilities to a maximum level to protect the younger generation from the negative side of modern technology.

The Department of Examinations announced the names and schools of the students who obtained the best results in the island at the 2017 G.C.E. Ordinary Level examination.

Cabinet today imposed the Nation Building Tax (NBT) on alcohol products in addition to existing taxes.

India’s homegrown auto major Mahindra & Mahindra on Tuesday announced that it will soon begin assembling vehicles in Sri Lanka, though it did not disclose the type of vehicles to be assembled or the scale of the operation.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said Sri Lanka is seeking foreign investment from India, Japan and others amid criticism over his country’s reliance on Chinese loans for infrastructure projects.

Russia energy ministry said on Tuesday its officials have met the director of Sri Lanka’s General Trading Co and discussed a project of oil refinery in Sri Lanka.

A person was shot and killed by an unidentified gunman at Maligawatta, a short while ago.

Several Members of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) Government faction and many United National Party (UNP) members have met with the Joint Opposition (JO) in order to express their support to the No-Confidence Motion against the Prime Minister, said United People’s Freedom Alliance Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa.

State Minister Palitha Range Bandara yesterday said the UNP had to be restructured or 27 UNP MPs would either vote for the no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to be tabled on April 4 or abstain from voting.

The Jathika Hela Urumaya yesterday (26 March) asserted that they would not be supporting the No-Confidence motion brought against Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe by the Joint Opposition.

Former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa today charged that crimes have increased in the country due to the incapability of the government.

Although parties contest elections as separate entities they should render a service to the public devoid of political differences after winning the elections, President Maithripala Sirisena said.

A shooting incident has been reported targeting a residence at Jothipala Mawatha in Malabe in the early hours this morning.

No decision has been taken to increase fuel prices in CEYPETCO fuel stations, Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) Chairman Dhammika Ranatunga said.

If the UNP couldn’t resolve a number of serious issues within the next three months, the government might collapse within six months, Minister of Plantations Navin Dissanayake said addressing a meeting in Nuwara Eliya, on Saturday.