Category: Local News

The Sri Lanka State Trading (General) Corporation announced today (August 09) that egg imports will resume within the next 10 days.

The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka ruled today (August 09) that the Samagi Jana Balawegaya’s (SJB) decision to expel Ministers Harin Fernando and Manusha Nanayakkara from the party is lawful, resulting in the loss of their parliamentary seats and ministerial portfolios.

Two more candidates placed their cash deposits today (August 8) with the Election Commission of Sri Lanka for the upcoming Presidential Election, bringing the total number of candidates to 24.

Former DIG Vass Gunawardena, his son Ravindu Sameera Vaas Gunawardena, and three others were sentenced to four years’ rigorous imprisonment by the Colombo High Court for abducting and assaulting Dhanushka Nipuna Ramanayaka, a student at the Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT) in Malabe, on August 4, 2009.

Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi has decided to support President Ranil Wickremesinghe in the upcoming presidential election, where he is running as an independent candidate.

The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka today (August 8) ordered the acquittal of former Prisons Commissioner Emil Ranjan Lamahewa, who had been sentenced to death by the Colombo High Court Trial-at-Bar for the killing of prisoners on November 9, 2012.

The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka today (August 8) confirmed the death sentences previously imposed on former DIG Vaas Gunawardena, his son Ravindu Gunawardena, and four others, who were convicted of abducting and murdering businessman Mohamed Siyam in 2013 in the Dompe area.

Election complaints related to Sri Lanka’s Presidential Election, scheduled for September 21, 2024, have further increased.

A passenger has died and a police officer has been injured after a confrontation during a checkpoint search in Kotugoda.

The Ministerial portfolios of Justice, Prison Affairs, and Constitutional Reforms have been brought under the purview of Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe through a Gazette Extraordinary issued by the President.

Four more candidates placed their cash deposits today (August 7) with the Election Commission of Sri Lanka for the upcoming Presidential Election, taking the total number of candidates to 22.

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe announced that vehicle imports will gradually start again next year (2025).

A suspect wanted for the shooting and killing of two individuals, including Surendra Wasantha Perera, also known as ‘Club Wasantha,’ has been arrested by the Western Province (South) Crimes Division of the Sri Lanka Police.

Sri Lanka’s Minister of State for Finance, Shehan Semasinghe, announced that the IMF will conduct its third review of the Extended Fund Facility for Sri Lanka after the upcoming Presidential Election.

Namal Rajapaksa has been officially named the presidential candidate of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) for the upcoming Presidential Election in Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) MP Dhammika Perera has announced that he will not run for president.