The US Senate has approved the nomination of Julie Chung to be the new Ambassador of the United States to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.

Discipline of the highest degree is one of the most important aspects in a military officer’s life, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said at the 96th Commissioning Parade of the Sri Lanka Military Academy in Diyatalawa held yesterday (19).

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has entered into an agreement to invest up to $ 80 million in John Keells Holdings PLC (JKH) to boost the country’s food value chain and promote economic growth and job creation.

UNP Deputy Leader Ruwan Wijewardene on Friday said that the Vistas of Prosperity and Splendour programme of the government had inflicted catastrophic changes including the consumer culture of people during the past two years.

A sharp vegetable price hike, together with the domestic cooking gas shortage and safety issue, has given rise to a marked change in consumer behaviour, traders say.

International ratings agency Fitch downgraded cash-strapped Sri Lanka Saturday by one notch to “CC” due to mounting fears of a sovereign default on its $26 billion foreign debt.

No one in the government is equal to the task of managing the economic crisis, former JVP parliamentarian Sunil Handunetti says.

The Colombo Commercial High Court has issued an injunction order against Rohitha Jayalath and Rohana Jayalath of the “Jaya Sri” band by preventing them from singing 20 songs from their “Mod Goviya” and “Sundariye” albums.

The Court of Appeal directed the two liquefied petroleum gas companies Litro Gas Lanka Limited and Laugfs Gas PLC in Sri Lanka to only distribute the products that are in compliance with the standards approved by the Sri Lanka Standards Institution (SLSI).

The JVP says the controversial Yugadanavi agreement can be abolished through a public uprising.

Three more Omicron cases have been detected in Sri Lanka, raising the total number of patients to have contracted the Omicron COVID-19 variant in Sri Lanka to four.

Dr. Shafi Shihabdeen attached to Kurunegala Hospital who was sent on compulsory leave on allegations of performing illegal sterilization operations has been reinstated, the Health Ministry said.

An online system for the issuing of copies of deeds and extracts was launched today (December 16), the Registrar General’s Department said.

The Colombo High Court today ordered to acquit and release the interdicted Magistrate Thilina Gamage from a case filed against him for the illegal possession of an elephant calf, named Sakura.

The Police Special Task Force (STF) has recovered a huge cache of ammunition from Ramya Road in the area of Kilinochchi.

At least 60 members of parliament are set to spend the year end holiday season abroad, parliamentary sources revealed.