National People’s Power (NPP) leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake announced today that if the NPP government comes into power in the future, they intend to prevent politicians from misusing public funds.

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has arrested an Agricultural Science teacher of a popular government school in Ampara in connection with the alleged leakage of questions of the 2023 G.C.E Advanced Level examination’s Agricultural Science I & II papers before the exam.

Importers of milk powder in Sri Lanka have decided to increase the retail prices of imported milk powder with effect from next week.

Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Finance has decided to increase the fees for casino licenses and renewals starting from January 1, 2024.

The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) has proposed to reduce the electricity tariff by 3.34 percent from February 1 after it recorded a profit last year following a long lapse of nine years.

Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Defence strongly denied allegations that a group of Sri Lankans were taken hostage by the Al-Shabaab militant group after a Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) helicopter crash-landed in Somalia.

A Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) Mi-17 helicopter carrying personnel on a peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic (CAR) has crash-landed due to bad weather conditions earlier on Friday (January 12).

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) applauds Sri Lanka on significant progress in implementing economic reforms.

Sri Lanka’s State Minister for Tourism Diana Gamage, predicts that the revitalization of the tourism industry in Sri Lanka will attract 02 million tourists in 2024, generating estimated revenue of USD 06 billion.

More than 60 inmates of the Kandakadu Treatment and Rehabilitation Centre have reportedly escaped.

Japan’s Finance Minister Suzuki Shunichi, called on Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo on Thursday evening (January 11).

Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) member Nayana Priyankara Wasalathilake was sworn in as a Member of Parliament representing the Badulla District this morning (January 12).

The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) says that it will hand over the electricity tariff reduction proposals to the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) today (January 12).

Sri Lanka sent hundreds of soldiers to key hospitals to help look after patients on Thursday, as hospital orderlies and administrative staff launched a one-day strike nationwide over allowances.

Her Royal Highness Princess Anne, the Princess Royal of the United Kingdom, and her Spouse, Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence, met with Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Wednesday (January 10) during their three-day official visit to Sri Lanka.