Category: Local News

25 passengers were hospitalized today (July 4) after a collision between a cement truck and a Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) bus on the Chilaw-Colombo main road in Madampe.

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe clarified that businessman Chamindra Dayan Lenawa did not consult him or his lawyers before filing a petition in the Supreme Court.

A police inspector from Mahabage Police Station was arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) for accepting a bribe of Rs. 25,000.

The Officer-in-Charge (OIC) of Thalawa Police Station was injured during a raid last night (July 3) when he was attacked with a sharp object.

Sri Lanka has reached an agreement to move forward on restructuring approximately $12.5 billion of international bonds, the government stated on Wednesday, according to Reuters.

A fundamental rights petition has been filed with Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court by a businessman, requesting the Court to interpret the tenure of the current President according to the Constitution.

Mahinda Kahandagama has obtained membership in the United National Party (UNP).

Japan’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ms. Kamikawa Yoko, held a bilateral meeting and working dinner with Sri Lanka’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, M.U.M. Ali Sabry, on Tuesday (July 2).

Two 15-year-old students from an international school in Colombo are believed to have died by suicide on Tuesday evening (July 2).

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe highlighted today (July 2) in Parliament that false propaganda about debt restructuring is being spread by various individuals both inside and outside the parliament.

Sri Lanka’s Minister of Power and Energy, Kanchana Wijesekera, announced that Lanka IOC will launch a 100 Octane premium petrol starting today (July 2).

Sri Lanka is set to save $5 billion in interest payments to bilateral creditors through its debt restructuring process, Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe announced today (July 2).

All scheduled court proceedings and verdict deliveries at the Kandy Court complex have been postponed due to a bomb scare.

Litro Gas Lanka has reduced the prices of domestic liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders with effect from midnight today (July 2).

The Hindu reports that the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in Chennai has dismantled a drug trafficking network, arresting nine suspects, including three Sri Lankan nationals, and seizing ₹40 crore worth of methamphetamine in two separate cases.

Bus fares in Sri Lanka will decrease by 5.07% starting at midnight tonight (July 1), according to the National Transport Commission (NTC).