Category: Local News

Nimal Siripala de Silva has been appointed as the acting Chairman of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP).

The President’s Fund is in the final stages of providing scholarships to 6,000 economically disadvantaged students who passed the G.C.E. Ordinary Level Examination in 2022/2023. Payments for outstanding installments from March and April 2024 will be paid together with the May payment, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said.

A Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) Corporal, who was attached to the Sri Lanka Air Force Rugby pool, was killed in a shooting by the police and Special Task Force (STF) at Angamuwa in Padukka this morning (April 08).

The Security Forces-Wanni (SF-Wanni) organized a programme with the participation of retired/medically retired servicemen and next of kin of deceased war heroes at the Regimental Centre of the Gajaba Regiment on Saturday (April 06).

Two individuals were killed in a shooting incident that took place in the Thalgahawila area of Moragahahena, as reported by the police.

Nikkei Asia reports that Sri Lanka and a consortium of its creditors are currently in the final stages of negotiations to postpone debt repayments until 2028.

A 53-year-old person was shot dead after police opened fire while attempting to resolve a dispute among a group of individuals at Padiyadora in Mawanella last night (April 06).

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe emphasized the government’s commitment to leading Sri Lanka towards prosperity by 2048 through transformative changes in modern agriculture, tourism, and the energy sector.

Mr. Rajith Keerthi Tennakoon, President Director General of Community Affairs, stated that between President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s assumption of office and February 2024, the Government of Sri Lanka has settled a total of US$ 1909.7 million in foreign debt and interest payments.

According to sources familiar with the matter, Bloomberg reports that global investors and officials from Sri Lanka are expected to convene for a second round of discussions with the aim of restructuring $12 billion in defaulted global bonds later this month.

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has announced that Sri Lanka’s official reserve assets increased by 9.5% in March 2024.

Actress Damitha Abeyratne and her husband have been remanded on the orders of the Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court until April 17, 2024, after they were produced in court today (April 05).

The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a group of members of Freedom People’s Congress (Nidahasa Janatha Sabhawa) as the initial step toward creating the main opposition-led ‘Samagi Jana Sandhanaya’, this morning (April 05).

The International Monetary Fund said on Thursday that there is “strong expectation” that Sri Lanka will reach a deal with its commercial creditors by the completion of the IMF’s second review.

Sri Lanka does not see any need to re-open talks on a contentious island ceded to it by New Delhi 50 years ago, the foreign minister has said, after the low-key territorial squabble turned into a hot-button election issue in India.

The number of scams in Singapore hit a record high in 2023, Home Minister K Shanmugam said, adding that the country saw a rise of 18 percent in duping cases against migrants, many of whom are from India and Sri Lanka.