LNP - Fuel price revision likely today

2022-08-15   |   Crime

A fuel price revision for the second quarter of this month will be made today, the power and energy ministry announced earlier. According to amendment...

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LNP - Power cut duration to be extended from tomorrow

2022-08-15   |   Uncategorized

The one hour and 20 minutes power cut will be extended from tomorrow due to a minor breakdown repair of unit one of the Norochcholai coal power plant,...

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LNP - Four-day parliamentary debate to be held on Budget Amendment Bill

2022-08-12   |   Politics

The Committee on Parliamentary Business has decided to hold a four-day debate in the House on the Budget Amendment Bill 2022. Accordingly, the parliam...

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LNP - Governance structure with fair representation for all parties in progress - President

2022-08-12   |   Politics

President Ranil Wickremesinghe states that he aims to prepare a governance structure with fair representation for each political party. His remarks ca...

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LNP - Sri Lanka expecting petrol shipment tonight: Minister

2022-08-12   |   Politics

A petrol cargo weighing 35,000 metric tonnes is expected to arrive in Colombo tonight, Minister of Power & Energy says. According to a tweet from ...

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LNP - New luxury Colombo-Badulla train operative on weekends

2022-08-12   |   Weather

The Ministry of Transport says that a luxury train will be operated between Colombo and Badulla starting from this weekend. The new train, which launc...

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LNP - Covid-19: two more deaths, 188 new cases reported

2022-08-12   |   Crime

The Director General of Health Services has confirmed another two Covid-19 related deaths in the country for yesterday (10). The victims are both male...

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LNP - WP revenue licenses to be issued on all weekdays

2022-08-12   |   Crime

The Chief Secretary of the Western Province says that steps have been taken to issue revenue licenses for vehicles in the Western Province on all work...

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LNP - Ex-Sri Lanka President Gotabaya arrives in Thailand for temporary stay: reports

2022-08-12   |   Crime

Former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa arrived in Bangkok on Thursday (Aug 11) for what Thai authorities said would be a temporary stay, after...

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LNP - Nearly 7,000 buses added to transportation fleet today

2022-08-08   |   Uncategorized

The Lanka Private Bus Owners' Association (LPBOA) today said that nearly 7,000 buses have been augmented to operations today. LPBOA Chairman Gemunu Wi...

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LNP - One-hour power cut for next three days

2022-08-08   |   Uncategorized

The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) has approved one hour power cut from August 8 to 11. Accordingly, power shedding will be imposed ...

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LNP - Sinopec likely to enter Lankan fuel market

2022-08-08   |   Business

Sinopec, the biggest petrochemical company in China, is likely to enter Sri Lankan market for fuel importing, distribution and selling petroleum produ...

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LNP - Sri Lanka reports three more Covid-19 deaths

2022-08-08   |   Crime

The Director General of Health Services has confirmed three more Covid-19 related deaths for yesterday (06 August). All three patients are males above...

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LNP - Fuel quotas to remain the same for next week

2022-08-08   |   Technology

Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera says that the fuel quotas under the national fuel pass system will be automatically updated at midnig...

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LNP - Litro Gas turning a profit after years - Chairman

2022-08-08   |   Business

Litro Gas company has become a profit-making institution in July this year for the first time in several years, according to Litro chairman Muditha Pe...

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LNP - Showers expected in several provinces and districts

2022-08-08   |   Uncategorized

The Meteorology Department says several spells of showers will occur in Western, Sabaragamuwa and North-western provinces and in Galle, Matara, Kandy ...

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LNP - Port City Colombo SEZ introduced at the Commonwealth Business Forum 2022 Kigali, Rwanda

2022-08-08   |   Business

CHEC Port City Colombo in collaboration with the Colombo Port City Economic Commission successfully introduced the Special Economic Zone to 50 plus po...

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LNP - China’s Hainan expands COVID lockdowns to quell outbreak

2022-08-08   |   Technology

(Reuters) - China’s Hainan, an island province dependent on tourism, locked down more areas on Monday, state media reported, as it battles its worst...

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LNP - Gotabaya Rajapaksa ‘not accorded any privileges’ in S’pore: MFA

2022-08-02   |   Uncategorized

Singapore's foreign minister said yesterday that former Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was not being accorded any privileges or immunity in S...

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LNP - Six including 5-year old child drowned

2022-08-02   |   Uncategorized

At least six persons including a 5-year-old child drowned during three separate incidents yesterday in Polpitiya, Nawalapitiya and Hatton. Police said...

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LNP - Deluge could cause minor floods and swell water levels in several rivers

2022-08-02   |   Weather

The Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said that with the heavy rainfall in the country, minor flood situations and situations of increasing water level...

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LNP - Outward labour migration in 1H tops 2021 full-year figure

2022-08-02   |   Uncategorized

Sri Lanka’s outward labour migration in the first half of 2022 surpassed the 2021 full-year figure amid the prevailing deep economic and political c...

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LNP - Ceylon Tea named as Official Tea Supplier for Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games

2022-08-02   |   Uncategorized

Ceylon Tea, widely considered by many as the finest in the world and with a rich history dating back more than a century and a half, has been named as...

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LNP - Price of Auto Diesel reduced

2022-08-02   |   Crime

The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (Ceypetco) has reduced the price of Auto Diesel by Rs. 10 with effect from 10.00 p.m. today (01). Accordingly, the ne...

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LNP - Ceremonial opening of third session of 9th Parliament tomorrow

2022-08-02   |   Politics

The ceremonial opening of the third session of the Ninth Parliament is scheduled for 10.30 a.m. tomorrow (August 03). According to the Department of C...

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