Sri Lanka has agreed with India to jointly redevelop a strategic oil terminal consisting of nearly 100 large oil tanks, Energy Minister Udaya Gammanpila said Tuesday.

The opposition has welcomed the move to grant an additional Rs. 5,000 monthly allowance to state sector workers.

Sri Lanka is to purchase 500 new buses with 32 seating capacity for the Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) from India and another 750 jeeps for Sri Lanka Police under the Indian Line of Credit.

The Chairman of the Wariyapola Pradeshiya Sabha D.M. Thilakaratne Bandara has been removed from his position by the Governor of the North Western Province.

National organiser of the All Ceylon Peasants Federation (ACPF) Namal Karunaratne warned if the Government reneged on its promise to compensate farmers affected by the decision to introduce organic fertiliser in an ad hoc manner, then they will surround the residences of both the President and the subject Ministers.

State Minister Susil Premajayantha has been removed from his post with immediate effect, said the President’s Media Division today (January 04).

The Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) on Monday handed over a financial grant of Rs. 2.5 million to the family of Priyantha Kumara who was brutally murdered in Sialkot, Pakistan.

Sri Lanka’s Cabinet of Ministers has decided to award a Rs. 5,000 monthly special allowance to all public sector employees from January 2022.

A 57-year-old man, who was diving in the seas off Dehiwala has died following an attack by a crocodile, said Sri Lanka Police.

The Prime Minister’s Office today denied media reports that Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa is to resign from his position.

It’s time all political parties put in a joint effort to pull the country through the current economic crisis together with the Government, SJB MP Harin Fernando said over the weekend.

The JVP says the National People’s Power (NPP) has no intention of forming an alliance with any political party.

Rural Roads and Other Infrastructure State Minister Nimal Lanza has threatened to resign from his post if the government does not withdraw the gazette notification empowering the Urban Development Authority (UDA) to acquire hundreds of hectares from the Muthurajawela wetlands.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa says that the government has assured through actions that Sri Lanka’s ancient Buddhist heritage sites are safeguarded and that it will continue to provide patronage to protect the country’s values, traditions and customs.

Opposition and SJB leader Sajith Premadasa last week claimed people are burning with fire in heart instead of fire in hearth.

Police say that several deaths were reported due to drowning in the past 24 hours in various parts of the island.