Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa has told Minister of Energy Udaya Gammanpila that the Treasury is not in a position to assist the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC). However, there would not be a fuel price hike in the short term, the Minister of Energy told the media yesterday.

Plans are afoot to complete 100% broadband coverage in 10 districts before the end of this year under the ‘Communication to the Village’ National Programme and to provide broadband coverage islandwide covering the remaining districts before the end of 2022, says Director General of the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka, Oshada Senanayake.

The JVP says the United States will have the opportunity to deploy a permanent vessel near the Port of Colombo due to the agreement to transfer the ownership of gas supply to the Kerawalapitiya Power Plant to an American firm.

Colombo High court discharged Minister Basil Rajapaksa and former Director-General of Divineguma Kithsiri Ranawaka over Divineguma funds misappropriation case in 2015.

Sri Lanka has decided to extend the existing inter-province travel restrictions to 21st October.

The Chairman of MILCO Company has stated that the prices of Highland milk powder has increased with effect from today (15).

Minister of Labour Nimal Siripala de Silva says youth will not lose job opportunities as there are many jobs in the private sector.

The 30,000MT of potassium chloride fertiliser imported to Sri Lanka from Lithuania is a type of fertiliser of mineral origin certified by the Director General of Agriculture, the Ministry of Agriculture said yesterday (14).

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday instructed officials to prepare a method for providing compensation through the Agrahara Insurance Fund to Government employees infected with COVID-19 and are being treated at their homes.

Sri Lanka Police today (14) have recovered a stock of 205 ammunition in a toilet in a five-story building on Bristol Street in Colombo.

A man has been shot dead in Unawatuna, Galle today (14), Police says.

Parliamentarian Rishad Bathiudeen arrested and remanded over investigations into the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks has been granted bail with two sureties of Rs. 5 million each.

The four officials of Sathosa and the businessman who were arrested in connection with the recent ‘garlic scam’ have been granted bail.

Legal approval has been granted for subscribers to obtain Number Portability Service among telecom service providers in Sri Lanka, the Director-General of the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRCSL) Oshada Senanayak said.

Sri Lanka Navy has arrested 23 Indian fishermen along with two fishing vessels while poaching in Sri Lankan territorial waters.

The United National Party says all sectors in Sri Lanka are collapsing at present.