Category: Local News

At least 20 Members of Parliament in Sri Lanka haven’t submitted their asset and liability statements, according to sources.

The passenger ferry service between Sri Lanka and India is scheduled to resume next Friday (August 16).

A delegation including the Sri Lanka representative of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Takafumi Kadono, met with the leader of the National People’s Power (NPP), Anura Kumara Dissanayake.

A three-wheeler crashed into a parked lorry on the Colombo-Kandy main road in Wewaldeniya, killing a four-month-old baby and two others, while three more people were injured.

Sri Lanka’s pensioners will receive an additional Rs. 6,000 with their October pensions.

The Wages Board today (August 12) agreed to increase the daily wages for estate workers by Rs. 1,700.

National People’s Power (NPP) leader and Member of Parliament Anura Kumara Dissanayake has signed his nomination papers to contest the upcoming Presidential Election scheduled for September 21, 2024.

Five former Sri Lankan soldiers who joined the Russian military and crossed the border were arrested by Ukrainian authorities and are now prisoners of war, according to a source.

The Election Commission of Sri Lanka has said that although the All-Island Grama Niladhari Officers’ Association had previously agreed to handle all duties related to the Presidential Election without issues, they will negotiate with the association again.

Sri Lanka’s former Minister of Sports, Roshan Ranasinghe, has announced his candidacy for the upcoming Presidential Election.

The Election Commission of Sri Lanka received 320 complaints about the upcoming Presidential Election by yesterday evening (August 10).

Dr. Sudarshini Fernandopulle, Gampaha District Member of Parliament from the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), stated that she will support Sajith Premadasa in the upcoming presidential election.

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has agreed to provide Sri Lanka with Rs. 7.2 billion to support market-driven growth, environmental sustainability, resilience, and good governance, according to State Minister of Finance Shehan Semasinghe.

The Sri Lanka Mahajana Party has decided to support President Ranil Wickremesinghe in the upcoming Presidential Election.

An unidentified male body was found floating in the Kelani River near the old market in the Grandpass police division.

Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka has resigned as Chairman of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) today (August 9).