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Sri Lanka Railways will re-employ on a contract basis the essential service employees who are set to retire at 60 years of age from 31 December 2022.

An advance cash payment of a maximum of Rs. 4,000 for all public sector employees, Sri Lanka Government announced.

The Year-on-Year (Y-o-Y) inflation based on the Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI) decreased to 57.2% in December, the Department of Census and Statistics reported.

Sri Lanka’s Foreign Ministry said that the consular fees for attestation services have been revised with effect from the 1st of January 2023.

Provincial letters will be removed from vehicle number plates in Sri Lanka with effect from January 1, 2023.

The former President of the Peradeniya University Student Union Anuradha Vidanage was arrested by The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) today (December 29).

The arrival and departure cards that are necessary to enter and exit Sri Lanka can now be filled online with effect from January 01, 2023, The Department of Immigration & Emigration said.

Lead guitarist of popular band, ‘Sunflower’, Chalana Piyumantha, passed away on Wednesday night (December 28).

The Chairman of the Beliatta Pradeshiya Sabha, Cyril Munasinghe and his elder brother have been arrested by the police in connection with a fraud involving 11 GI pipes purchased for a project.

Russia’s Red Wings airline has made its first direct flight from Moscow to Sri Lanka today (December 29).

Heart to Heart International has obtained all necessary government approvals for the third in-kind donation of urgent medical aid, worth an approximate of $7,270,756.31 USD ( LKR 2.7 billion), to the people of Sri Lanka, said the Sri Lankan Embassy in Washington DC.

India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday arrested a member of terrorist organisation Islamic State (IS), who was in touch with the ringleader of 2019 Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka, for his alleged links with suspects in the October 23 blast in Tamil Nadu’s Coimbatore.

The Health Ministry has all 14 types of life-saving medicines, Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said on Wednesday (December 28).

Nissanka Priyadarshana, alias ‘Dubai Sudda’ taken into the custody by officials of the Sri Lanka Foreign Employment Bureau (SLBFE).