Category: Local News

A meeting between Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and senior officials from the Sri Lanka Customs Department and the Inland Revenue Department took place yesterday (October 9) at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo.

Sri Lanka welcomed 25,966 tourists in the first six days of October, showing a slow start for the month ahead of the winter season, according to data from the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA).

Sarath Ganegoda has been appointed as the new Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, effective October 9, 2024.

Minister Vijitha Herath announced that the iconic 130-year-old Nuwara Eliya Post Office will be used exclusively for postal operations, suspending previous plans by the former government to convert it into a hotel – a proposal that faced widespread protests.

The Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) has appreciated against the US Dollar (USD) today (October 9), as per the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL).

Former Member of Parliament and Sri Lankan actor Ranjan Ramanayake launched a political party named the United Democratic Voice today (October 9).

The United States of America has expressed its willingness to provide any necessary cooperation to strengthen the economy of Sri Lanka.

The retail price of eggs in Sri Lanka has increased again.

The Sri Lanka Railways Department has announced that train services between Colombo Fort and Badulla will be limited to Ella station from today (October 9) until October 15, 2024, due to an Indo-Lanka joint film project.

Sri Lanka has officially rejected the proposed draft resolution at the ongoing 57th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), which runs from September 9 to October 11, 2024, in Geneva.

Cabinet Spokesman, Minister Vijitha Herath, announced that the Rs. 25,000 fertilizer subsidy for paddy farmers will commence in the Ampara District next Monday (October 14).

Sri Lanka’s Cabinet has approved the appointment of a new Acting Commissioner General for the Department of Excise, effective immediately.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has expressed its willingness to provide financial assistance for the development of tourism, energy, and small-scale industries in Sri Lanka.

The police have revealed details about a schoolgirl who took her own life by jumping from the 29th floor to the 3rd floor of the Lotus Tower in Colombo, within the Maradana Police Division, yesterday evening (October 7).

Kanishka Wijeratne, the Director General of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC), gave an undertaking today (October 7) to the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka to resign from his position.

A schoolgirl died after jumping from the viewing platform at the Lotus Tower in Colombo this afternoon (October 7).