LNP - President denies allocating Rs. 400 Mn to renovate MR’s residence
President Ranil Wickremesinghe today denied reports which said a sum of Rs. 400 million has been allocated out of state funds to renovate the residenc...
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LNP - SriLankan Airlines celebrates 43 years of flying
SriLankan Airlines has been the fabric of commercial aviation in Sri Lanka since the dawn of the airline 43 years ago. It was launched on 1 September ...
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LNP - Colombo Lotus Tower to open doors to public on September 15
The Colombo Lotus Tower, which was constructed with the aim of making it a symbolic landmark of Sri Lanka, will open its doors to the public on Septem...
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LNP - Man transporting over 5 tonnes of stale fish in lorry arrested in Negombo
One person was taken into the custody with a lorry while transporting 5,670 kg of stale fish which are unfit for human consumption in Kochchikade, Neg...
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LNP - Circular permitting migrant workers to import electric vehicles issued
A circular allowing migrant workers to import an electric vehicle was issued yesterday (August 31) by the Labour and Foreign Employment Ministry. Mini...
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LNP - Crisis-hit Sri Lanka strikes staff-level pact with IMF on loan
Sri Lanka and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have reached a preliminary agreement on an emergency loan to the crisis-hit country and a formal a...
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LNP - Security forces should be equipped with technological knowledge - President
President Ranil Wickremesinghe emphasized that in the future war may occur not only on land, air and sea but also in cyberspace, adding that Sri Lanka...
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LNP - Fairly heavy rainfall possible in parts of the island
Showers will occur at times in Western, Sabaragamuwa and North-western provinces and in Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya, Galle and Matara districts. Fairly heavy ...
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LNP - WHO pledges USD 4 million worth medical supplies to Sri Lanka
Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus pledged essential medical supplies worth USD 4 million to Sri L...
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LNP - SL ignores COVID; people warned against uncontrollable spreading: PHI head
As the current COVID situation in the country has been ignored, the dreaded virus is now spreading uncontrollably from the grassroots level, Public He...
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LNP - Harsha appointed Chairman of Public Finance Committee
The Public Finance Committee which met today, unanimously appointed SJB MP Harsha de Silva as its new Chairman. He has been appointed as per Standing ...
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LNP - BASL urges President to refrain from using PTA against protesters
The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) has urged the President and the law enforcement authorities to refrain from using the Prevention of Terrorism ...
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LNP - Super Diesel cargo to be unloaded tomorrow, more fuel expected: Minister
The Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera today said that 30,000MT of Super Diesel cargo is to be unloaded tomorrow. In a Twitter post, he sai...
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LNP - SL ranks 5th among 10 countries with highest food price inflation: World Bank
Sri Lanka ranked 5th among the 10 countries with the highest food price inflation in the latest World Bank assessment. According, Lebanon, Zimbabwe, V...
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LNP - Polish with Rs. 245 m worth cocaine arrested at BIA
The officers of the Sri Lanka Customs have arrested a polish national at the Bandaranaike International Airport with a stock of cocaine worth over Rs....
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LNP - Covid-19: five more deaths, 166 new cases confirmed
The Director General of Health Services has confirmed five more coronavirus related deaths for yesterday (17). According to the Govt. Information Depa...
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LNP - CBSL announces amnesty period to deposit or sell foreign currency in the hands of public
The Minister of Finance has issued an order granting an amnesty period of one month with effect from August 15, 2022 in order to attract foreign curre...
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LNP - Sri Lanka to ask Japan to open talks on debt restructuring with key lenders
(Reuters) - Sri Lanka will ask Japan to invite the Indian Ocean island’s main creditor nations, including China and India, to talks on bilateral deb...
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LNP - SLPP requests President to facilitate Gotabaya’s safe return to Sri Lanka
During a discussion this evening, the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) has requested President Ranil Wickremesinghe to facilitate the return of form...
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LNP - Showers or thundershowers expected in four provinces
Showers or thundershowers will occur at several places in Central, Uva, Eastern and North-Central provinces during the evening or night, the Departmen...
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LNP - IMF team to visit Sri Lanka by month-end for staff-level agreement
The Governor of the Central Bank says that Sri Lanka’s negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is making good progress and that an I...
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LNP - Govt’s decision on fuel price revision
The government has decided not to make any revisions to the fuel prices as per the pricing formula. Earlier, the Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana...
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LNP - CEB trade union warns daily power cuts could exceed 3 hours
The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) United Trade Union Alliance warns that the power cuts would likely have to be increased to more than 03 hours in th...
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