LNP - Over 300,000 Sri Lankans left for foreign employment in 2024
The Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) reports that in 2024, the number of Sri Lankans migrant workers who have travelled overseas for emp...
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LNP - New online portal launched to verify legally imported vehicles
The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has launched an investigation into the nearly 6,000 vehicles across Sri La...
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LNP - CPC refutes fuel shortage
The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) yesterday refuted certain reports about a possible fuel shortage due to a fuel shipment imported by a private c...
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LNP - Former Sri Lankan diplomat in Australia fined more than $100,000 for ‘entrapping’ domestic worker
A diplomat who “entrapped” a domestic worker in her Canberra home, forcing her to work 14 hours, seven days a week, for less than a dollar an hour...
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LNP - President Dissanayake to visit India on Sunday
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake will undertake a state visit to India from 15 to 17 December 2024 at the invitation of the President of India, Smt....
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LNP - ‘Offenders will face consequences, regardless of rank or status’ – President AKD
“We will not allow the trust the people have placed in us to be undermined in any way,” stated President Anura Kumara Dissanayake during a meeting...
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LNP - ASPI crosses 14,000 points for first time ever
The All Share Price Index (ASPI) of the Colombo Stock Exchange recorded a new all-time high today (12), surpassing the 14,000 mark for the first time ...
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LNP - Fever outbreak in Jaffna identified as Leptospirosis
The fever that spread in Jaffna, claiming seven lives, has been identified as Leptospirosis, commonly known as Rat Fever, the Epidemiology Unit of the...
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LNP - Security details of former Presidents reduced
Security details of former Presidents have been withdrawn after reviewing reports on the security threats they face, police said. Accordingly security...
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LNP - Liberal Youth Movement urges government inquiry into Speaker’s academic qualifications
The Liberal Youth Movement has expressed deep concern over allegations questioning the authenticity of the academic qualifications presented by Speake...
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LNP - Govt ready to resume discussion on exporting Toque monkeys: Minister
The government is ready to take up the discussion again on exporting Toque Macaque monkeys to China as one solution to the monkey menace, Minister of ...
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LNP - Cinnamon Hotels & Resorts to energise Sri Lanka’s hill capital with the launch of Kandy Myst by Cinnamon
Cinnamon Hotels & Resorts, in partnership with Indra Traders, is set to expand its footprint in Sri Lanka’s hill capital, at the start of 2025, ...
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LNP - PUCSL’s final decision on electricity tariff revision on Jan. 17
The final decision of the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) on the proposed electricity tariff revisions will be announced on 17 Januar...
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LNP - Death toll rises as unidentified fever spreads in Jaffna
The death toll from the unidentified fever spreading in Jaffna has risen to five, according to the Jaffna Hospital Director Dr. T. Sathyamoorthy. Sp...
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LNP - Over 1,000 Sri Lankan workers set to leave for Israel between Dec 2024-Jan 2025
A total of 1,802 Sri Lankan workers are set to leave for Israel between December 2024 and January 2025, according to the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign&n...
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LNP - Jerome not a Catholic Bishop, don’t get deceived: Catholic Church
The Catholic Bishops Conference in Sri Lanka today clarified that Pastor Jerome Fernando was not a Bishop of the Catholic Church, and therefore the me...
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LNP - Sri Lanka receives China’s fabric grant for 2025 school uniforms
Sri Lanka has received the grant of 11.28 million meters of fabric required to be provided for schoolchildren as uniform materials for the year 2025, ...
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LNP - Sri Lanka secures USD 50 million loan from OPEC Fund for economic recovery
The Government of Sri Lanka has submitted a request to the OPEC Fund for International Development to secure funds to finance Sri Lanka’s Comprehens...
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LNP - Parliament website removes ’Dr.’ title from Speaker’s profile
Amid allegations over the academic qualifications of Speaker Asoka Ranwala, the Sri Lanka Parliament website has removed the title 'Dr.' from his prof...
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LNP - Speaker to make statement on his doctorate soon: Dr. Jayatissa
Speaker Dr. Ashoka Ranwala will make a statement in a few days regarding various reports on his doctorate, Cabinet spokesman Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa sai...
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LNP - Sufficient stocks of eggs to meet market demand
The Sri Lanka Association of Animal Production announced today that sufficient stocks of eggs have been released to the market to prevent any shortage...
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LNP - Former CCD Director arrested by CID
The former Director of the Colombo Crimes Division (CCD), ASP Nevil Silva has been arrested by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), the polic...
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LNP - No liquor licenses were issued as bribes: Ex-President Ranil responds to allegations
Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s office has issued a statement, claiming that the former President did not issue any liquor licenses in viola...
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