LNP - No tax revisions on vehicle imports this year - Hulangamuwa

2025-03-25   |   Business

Senior Economic Advisor to the President, Duminda Hulangamuwa, confirmed that there will be no revision of taxes on vehicle imports this year.  A...

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LNP - Govt to reduce tariffs paid for rooftop solar power

2025-03-25   |   Technology

The government has decided to revise the tariff paid per unit of electricity generated by rooftop solar panels, with the proposed rates set to vary ba...

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LNP - Rising bets for Central Bank to stay pat on current rates at upcoming policy meeting

2025-03-25   |   Politics

The Central Bank is set to keep the rates when it meets for the second time for this year, this week, to decide on the key policy rate, after it left ...

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LNP - MPs exhibit their sports skills

2025-03-25   |   Uncategorized

MPs in both government and the opposition exhibited their sporting skills at an indoor sports programme held in the Parliamentary complex for the fift...

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LNP - UK sanctions Shavendra Silva, Wasantha Karannagoda, Jagath Jayasuriya and Karuna Amman

2025-03-25   |   Sports

The UK government has imposed sanctions on four individuals which it claims are responsible for serious human rights abuses and violations during the ...

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LNP - Be cautious with unknown investments, warns Central Bank Governor

2025-03-24   |   Business

A lack of financial literacy is the primary reason many Sri Lankans fall victim to pyramid schemes, says the Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka...

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LNP - Tea exports dip in February

2025-03-24   |   Business

Sri Lanka’s tea exports fell in February, with volumes down 1.91 million kilograms year-on-year (YoY) to 20.40 million kilograms, industry data show...

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LNP - Traffic fine payments soon to go digital with ‘Govpay’

2025-03-24   |   Technology

The public will very soon be able to settle traffic fines through Govpay, the recently introduced official online payment platform for government-rela...

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LNP - Suspects identified in nightclub brawl involving group accompanying Yoshitha

2025-03-24   |   Crime

Police have identified the suspects linked to a violent altercation involving a group accompanying Yoshitha Rajapaksa outside a nightclub at Union Pla...

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LNP - Fairly heavy showers expected in parts of the island

2025-03-24   |   Technology

The Department of Meteorology says that showers or thundershowers will occur at several places in Western, Sabaragamuwa and Central provinces and in G...

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LNP - 57 arrested in raid on ‘Instagram party’ in Pamunugama

2025-03-24   |   Crime

Fifty-seven suspects have been arrested during a raid carried out at a hotel in the Uswetakeiyawa area of Pamunugama, following a tip-off that an ‘I...

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LNP - Central Bank lists Pro Care, Shade of Procare among prohibited schemes

2025-03-22   |   Uncategorized

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka has determined that Pro Care (Pvt) Ltd. and Shade of Procare (Pvt) Ltd. are engaged in a scheme prohibited under Section...

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LNP - Mobile app introduced to submit LG Election complaints

2025-03-22   |   Politics

A new mobile application has been introduced for submitting complaints related to the 2025 Local Government (LG) Elections today (22).  The event was...

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LNP - Special security provided to ex-IGP Deshabandu at Dumbara Prison

2025-03-22   |   Security

The Prisons Department has taken measures to provide special security to former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Deshabandu Tennakoon, who is current...

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LNP - Woman among 3 arrested over Devundara shooting

2025-03-22   |   Crime

Police have arrested three suspects, including a woman, in connection with the shooting near the Devundara Sri Vishnu Devalaya in Matara late last nig...

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LNP - Two arrested over extortion of businessmen, firearms seized

2025-03-22   |   Crime

The Western Province North Crimes Division has arrested two suspects involved in an extortion racket of threatening businessmen over the phone and coe...

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LNP - GMOA: Budget provides positive solution to doctors’ allowances

2025-03-22   |   Health

The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) has welcomed the 2025 Budget, stating that it offers a favorable resolution to concerns over pay...

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LNP - CID to conduct probe against former First Lady

2025-03-21   |   Technology

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) has been asked to conduct a probe against former First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa on two land deals, Deputy...

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LNP - Heathrow Airport closes for the day after a fire knocks out power, disrupting hundreds of flights

2025-03-21   |   Technology

Britain’s Heathrow Airport was closed for the day Friday after a fire knocked out its power, disrupting flights for hundreds of thousands of passeng...

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LNP - CID raises new suspicion over Piumi Hansamali’s cosmetics business

2025-03-21   |   Business

The Colombo Magistrate’s Court has directed the Illegal Assets Investigation Unit of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to further investig...

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LNP - Sri Lankan Airlines’ flights to London cancelled

2025-03-21   |   Technology

Sri Lankan Airlines has cancelled several flights to London scheduled to depart Colombo today, due to the temporary closure of Heathrow Airport in Lon...

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LNP - Inland Revune (Amendment) Bill approved by Parliament

2025-03-21   |   Politics

The inland Revenue (Amendment) Bill which makes provisions for levying a 15 percent tax on IT service exports was passed in Parliament without a vote....

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LNP - BYD’s first shipment arrives in Sri Lanka

2025-03-21   |   Uncategorized

John Keells CG Auto marks a new era in green mobility In a momentous event for Sri Lanka’s automotive landscape, the first shipment of BYD’s cutti...

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LNP - Second lot of vehicles for domestic market discharged from HIP

2025-03-21   |   Business

The Hambantota International Port (HIP) successfully discharged the second batch of vehicles for the domestic market last week.  A total of 1,159...

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LNP - HIP successfully discharges second batch of vehicles for domestic market

2025-03-20   |   Business

Hambantota International Port (HIP) has successfully discharged its second batch of vehicles for the domestic market last week, continuing to strength...

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