Category: Local News

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has removed five State Ministers, including Geetha Kumarasinghe, with immediate effect, according to the President’s Media Division (PMD).

Madushan Chandrajith, the Convenor of the Inter University Students’ Federation (IUSF), and several others were arrested by the police during a protest near the Colombo Fort Railway Station this afternoon (September 10).

The Sri Lankan Cabinet has approved an increase in the Mahapola Scholarship allowance to Rs. 7,500 and the bursary allowance to Rs. 6,500, effective from April 2025.

Local milk powder manufacturing companies in Sri Lanka have announced a price reduction effective from tonight.

The Election Commission of Sri Lanka has informed that all stickers promoting presidential candidates placed on vehicles must be removed immediately.

Sri Lanka’s Public Security Minister Tiran Alles announced that the on-arrival visa issuance system will continue until a judicial solution is reached regarding the visa process.

The Ministry of Education states that all schools in Sri Lanka will be closed on September 20, 2024, due to the upcoming Presidential Election.

State Minister Geetha Kumarasinghe has announced her support for Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) candidate Sajith Premadasa in the upcoming Presidential Election.

Former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Pujith Jayasundara has completed the payment of Rs. 75 million as compensation for the Easter Sunday attacks, as ordered by the Supreme Court.

The 57th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council will start on Monday (September 9), in Geneva.

Sri Lanka earned over two billion US dollars from tourism in the first eight months of 2024, according to the latest data from the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL).

Former Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Thalatha Athukorala, who recently resigned from Parliament, has announced her support for President Ranil Wickremesinghe in the upcoming Presidential Election.

Sri Lanka’s Postal Department has announced that around three million official polling cards for the upcoming 2024 Presidential election have been distributed nationwide so far.

The Election Commission of Sri Lanka has informed the police to conduct an investigation regarding the circulation of a photograph of a marked postal ballot paper on social media.

For the first time in history, Sri Lanka Customs has achieved a record revenue of Rs. 1,000 billion (Rs. 1 trillion) in the first eight months of 2024.

Any attempt to revisit Sri Lanka’s debt sustainability assessment (DSA) can derail the ongoing IMF programme bailout, the finance ministry said on Friday.