Christmas Messages from Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe, Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena and Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa.

The dead bodies of two people who were found shot dead in a deserted land at Tunnana area in Padukka today (December 25) have been identified as underworld leader Don Roshan Indika alias “Manna Roshan” and his associate, 34-year-old Supun Thinesh.

On the occasion of Christmas Day, 1004 prisoners will be released on December 25, 2023 from prisons across Sri Lanka under a special presidential pardon, the Commissioner of Prisons and Media Spokesman Gamini B. Dissanayake said.

Veteran Sri Lankan actor and film director Rex Kodippili has passed away at the age of 85.

An inmate of the Matara Prison who was receiving treatment in the intensive care unit (ICU) of Matara Hospital, died yesterday (December 22) due to a fever contracted in Matara Prison.

The Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment Manusha Nanayakkara, highlighted the significant improvement in the country’s foreign reserves under the leadership of President Ranil Wickremesinghe.

Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe has appointed 10 Secretaries to Ministries and 2 Chief Secretaries this morning (December 22).

Kurunegala district organizer of Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB), Amitha Bandara has been arrested during a drug operation on thursday (December 21) while in possession of narcotics.

The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) has cautioned the Wickremesinghe-Rajapaksa government against counting loans received from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank and Asian Development Bank (ADB) as external buffers as they have to be paid back.

Public Security Minister Tiran Alles has received death threats over the phone yesterday (December 21) after concluding a press conference on ‘Collective Path to a Stable Country’ held at the Presidential Media Centre

India’s ban on the export of onions has driven up prices of the vegetable for Asian buyers, who are scrambling for cheaper alternatives, particularly as New Delhi is unlikely to lift the curbs before general elections next year.

Sri Lanka to use high-intensity light currents, powerful sound waves and drones to mitigate the human-elephant conflict.

Sri Lanka said on Wednesday it expects its foreign exchange reserves to rise above $4 billion this month, their highest level since the island nation plunged last year into its worst economic crisis since independence in 1948.

Former President of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapaksa stated that tax policy will become a major political issue in 2024 after the VAT increase in the 2024 budget.

Sri Lanka’s Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera has directed the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) to refrain from paying all bonuses and allowances to its employees for the year 2023.

The World Bank released the second tranche of the US$ 500 million Sri Lanka Resilience, Stability and Economic Turnaround (RESET) Development Policy Operation (DPO), considering the continued satisfactory progress made by the government with the reform program.