Category: Local News

Sri Lanka’s Cabinet Spokesman, Minister Dr. Bandula Gunawardhana, stated yesterday (September 3) that a modernized passport will be available at a lower price starting in October.

The Red Sea is a crucial Indian Ocean entrance that is largely anchored by the Suez Canal, in terms of strategic significance between Europe, Asia and Africa, which entered the hot zone of geopolitics.

Sri Lanka’s Election Commission has decided to enforce the law prohibiting tuition teachers from conducting polls among their students regarding their choices in the upcoming presidential election and publishing the results online.

The government of Sri Lanka has decided to immediately write off all crop loans taken by farmers.

Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) member Karunarathna Paranawithana was sworn in as a Member of Parliament this morning (September 3), filling the vacancy created by the resignation of Thalatha Athukorala.

Sri Lanka’s Cabinet of Ministers has approved the implementation of recommendations from the Presidential Expert Committee, which was appointed to investigate and address salary discrepancies in the government sector.

The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna’s (SLPP) presidential candidate Namal Rajapaksa officially launched his election manifesto for the 2024 Presidential Election in Sri Lanka this morning (September 2) in Colombo.

The Election Commission of Sri Lanka has received 1,745 complaints about the Presidential Election between July 31, 2024, and September 1, 2024.

M.A. Sumanthiran, spokesperson for the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK), announced that the party will support Sajith Premadasa in the upcoming presidential election.

Bengaluru Air Customs officials on Saturday (August 31), apprehended three Sri Lankan nationals at Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) for allegedly being part of an international gold smuggling racket.

An extraordinary gazette notification has been issued declaring the public and bank holidays in Sri Lanka for the year 2025.

A soldier on security duty at the Army Headquarters in Akuregoda, Battaramulla, has committed suicide by shooting himself.

Fuel prices in Sri Lanka have been revised, effective from September 1, 2024.

The Bar Council of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) has unanimously called for the resignation of BASL President Kaushalya Nawaratne PC following an investigation into a project funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).

Sri Lanka’s Former Auditor General Gamini Wijesinghe has provided an explanation regarding the extremely dangerous level at which Sri Lanka’s economy currently stands.

Sunil Handunnetti, a national executive member of the National People’s Power (NPP), has submitted a complaint to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) regarding the spread of false information on social media, including Facebook, that insults the NPP.