Local News

Showery condition over the island, particularly in Northern, Eastern and Uva provinces is expected to enhance to some extent from today (17 December).   Showers or...

The Permanent High Court Trial-at-Bar today (December 16) permitted former SATHOSA Chairman Nalin Fernando and Ex-Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage to travel overseas.   They are charged by...

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa engaged in an inspection at the National Solid Waste Management Project implemented in the compost yard of the Hambantota Municipal Council.   This...

The two individuals, who were arrested over controversial statements made at a media briefing conducted by former Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne on the purported...

The Attorney General has adviced the Director of CID to arrest the Swiss Embassy local staffer who was alleged to have been abducted and...

Colombo Magistrate’s Court ordered the Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) to produce a report on the progress of the investigations carried out on MP Patali...

The Government has removed the consolidated Tax of Rs.36/- per kilogram of imported wheat flour and replaced it with the Special Commodity Levy (SCL) of...

Ashok Pathirage has been appointed as the new Chairperson of the SriLankan Airlines Limited with immediate effect.   The Ministry of Tourism and Aviation in a...

The proposal put forward by the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) to increase the electricity rates charged from consumers by Rs.1.50 per unit in order...

The current retail price of red onions remains as high as Rs.550 a kilo in the market. It is sold at an even higher...