Sri Lanka is lurching towards serious power shortages next year entailing scheduled power cuts with the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) alerting the Government this week to its latest crisis: The “critical fuel situation for thermal power generation” has been exacerbated by the shortage of dollars to import furnace oil.

A two minute silence will be observed from 9.25 a.m. to 9.27 a.m. today islandwide, as a mark of respect to those who lost their lives in the tsunami disaster that hit the coastal belt of Sri Lanka on December 26, 2004

The Prime Minister, with his wife, has gone to pay homage to Tirupati after raising the prices of essential commodities, including gas and fuel and throwing the masses into disaster, says JVP General Secretary Tilvin Silva.

Christmas Messages from Colombo Archbishop Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith, Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa.

Four police officers were killed in a shooting at the Thirukkovil police station carried out by a police sergeant attached to the police station at around 10:00 PM last night (December 24).

A poultry farm located at the Pallegama area in Pannala has been gutted in a fire killing more than 3000 chickens that erupted at around 3:00 am today (December 24).

The Railway Station Masters Association has suspended the issuance of train tickets from midnight yesterday (December 23).

Around 100 to 200 tonnes of Laugfs Gas will be released to the local market in the next two days, K. M. Wegapitiya, the Chairman of Laugfs Gas said on Friday (December 24).

The Environment Ministry will launch a programme under the theme ‘Paperless Parliament’ to reduce the use of paper in Parliament.

In a bold move, a factory in Pakistan’s Sialkot has hired another Sri Lankan national in place of his slain compatriot who was lynched earlier this month by supporters of a radical Islamist party on the allegations of blasphemy.

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka wishes to inform the general public that the measures being taken at present will ensure that by the end of 2021 official reserves will remain above US dollars 3 billion.

Former Speaker of Parliament and Chairman of the National Movement for Social Justice Karu Jayasuriya says a new constitution is essential if all races are to live in harmony.

The General Secretary of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), State Minister Dayasiri Jayasekara said the SLFP can form an alliance with the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP).

The bus fares will be increased from next Wednesday (December 29) in line with the recent fuel price hike, says State Minister of Transport Dilum Amunugama.

The island-wide strike launched by the Government Medical Officers’ Association enters day three, patient care services have been highly affected across the country.

Sri Lanka plans to settle $251 million in oil import dues owed to Iran by bartering tea, a Sri Lankan minister said on Wednesday, amid dwindling foreign reserves.