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 weeks of…
General The Lanka Private Bus Owners' Association (LPBOA) today said that nearly 7,000 buses have been augmented to operations today. LPBOA Chairman Gemunu Wijerathne…
Development 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 in the…
Business Sinopec, the biggest petrochemical company in China, is likely to enter Sri Lankan market for fuel importing, distribution and selling petroleum products,…
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 the age…
Technology Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera says that the fuel quotas under the national fuel pass system will be automatically updated at midnight today…
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 Peiris. The…
Weather The Meteorology Department says several spells of showers will occur in Western, Sabaragamuwa and North-western provinces and in Galle, Matara, Kandy and…
Business CHEC Port City Colombo in collaboration with the Colombo Port City Economic Commission successfully introduced the Special Economic Zone to 50 plus potential…
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 COVID-19…
Politics Singapore's foreign minister said yesterday that former Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was not being accorded any privileges or immunity in Singapore.…
Sports At least six persons including a 5-year-old child drowned during three separate incidents yesterday in Polpitiya, Nawalapitiya and Hatton. Police said woman…
Weather The Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said that with the heavy rainfall in the country, minor flood situations and situations of increasing water levels in…
Politics 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 crisis in…
General 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 the…
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 new price…
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…
Education All government schools in the Nuwara Eliya District will remain closed tomorrow (02 August) due to adverse weather conditions, the Governor of the Central…
Weather Showery and windy conditions are expected to continue in the western and southern sea areas and over the southwest quarter of the island with the strengthening…
Crime Three people have been arrested in connection with the torching of President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s private residence in Colombo 03. They were taken into…
Politics President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Saturday stated that his objective is to form an all-party Government by bringing together all political parties and to…
Development The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) says it has approved a power cut of 03 hours for tomorrow (August 01) as requested by the CEB.…
Business The Government and the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) have been implementing several measures to ease the burden of the current economic hardships on the…
Crime Police said that 47 persons who were attempting to illegally travel to another country by boat have been taken into custody by Sri Lanka Navy at Kolinjadiya,…