Police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse IUSF protesters at Bank Street in Fort a short while ago.

The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation Trade Unions today denied reports which claimed that fuel was sold at a subsidized rate of Rs.121 per liter to MPs and VIPs and said if any MP needed to fill their vehicle tanks, they would have to stay in the queue.

Some MPs wanted arrangements for them to stay at a hotel during the parliamentary week unless arrangements were made for them to obtain fuel to attend Parliament sessions, Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardene said today.

Former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa’s office, today rejected social media reports claiming that Rajapaksa was flown in for the parliamentary sessions on Wednesday, saying Rajapaksa travelled by road and not by chopper.

Petrol and diesel were pumped for outside vehicles at the Kolonnawa storage terminal at higher prices, Samagi United Trade Union Force (SUTUF) Convener and media spokesman Ananda Palitha said.

Former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa should have retired from politics when his second term as the executive President ended, MP Chamal Rajapaksa told Parliament today.

Issuing fuel for Parliamentarians at the Narahenpita Police garage was stopped from this morning, Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekara said today.

The first school term of the year 2022 in the Government and State-approved private schools will end tomorrow (20), the Education Ministry announced.

Two freighters with LP gas and petrol have sailed into the Colombo port, LITRO Gas Lanka Limited and the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) have confirmed it.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe informed COPE Chairman Charitha Herath to summon LITRO Lanka Ltd., before COPE tomorrow to clarify on the delay in supplying LP gas.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe today requested the non-essential public sector employees not to report to duty tomorrow owing to the prevailing fuel shortage in the country.

The price of a kilogram of wheat flour sold by the Prima Ceylon Ltd has been increased by Rs. 40 from today, the company said.

It’s a little over a week since the horrible experience that took place at the ’MainaGoGama’ and ’Gotagogama’ on May 9, the memories are still fresh. Many things have happened since then. This is one of the photographs that went viral local

The post shared on social media regarding the Parliamentarians have been allowed subsidised fuel rates is false, the Power and Energy Minister, Kanchana Wijesekera said.

Jagath Samarawickrame was sworn in as an MP before Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeygunawardhane a short while ago.

If health workers’ salaries are slashed, the Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) will be forced to resort to trade union action without prior notice after May 25. GMOA Media Spokesman, Dr. Chamil Wijesinghe said.

Sri Lankans, whose real incomes are getting hammered on a daily basis from soaring inflation, have turned to their credit cards, as there was a significant jump in the outstanding balance of credit cards in March from a month ago, when the financial

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe held discussions with the legal draftsman, Attorney General and MPs Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe and Susil Premajayantha last afternoon where the 21st Amendment was discussed and it was finalized to present it before cabi

Another one and half month will be consumed to overcome the current gas shortage situation in the country, the LITRO Gas Lanka said.

The remaining Cabinet ministers of the new government will be sworn in today by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Daily Mirror learns.

Sri Lanka is yet to respond to a Chinese offer of a shipment of diesel to tide over the present crisis of fuel shortage, Daily Mirror learns.

The United Nations called on for an improved focus on prioritising women when rolling out relief strategies in Sri Lanka to overcome the ongoing economic crisis.

investment bank JPMorgan backed Sri Lanka’s crisis-hit government bonds yesterday, saying recent political changes in the country should gradually improve its strains and help its talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and Leader of Opposition Sajith Premadasa were engaged in an open dialogue in Parliament yesterday for the first time after the two split giving birth to the Samagi Jana Balawegiaya(SJB),

Failure to receive essential blood gas analyzers required to maintain the Intensive Care Units (ICU) and High Dependency Units (HDU) in all hospitals, a severe crisis has arisen in which the units cannot be maintained, the Federation of Health Profes

Refuting claims that the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) was behind the unrest subsequent to May 9 incident, JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake today questioned as to why police and army were not called into control the situation.

The unloading of gas from the vessel that has arrived at the Colombo Port has been disrupted due to the cyclonic weather and although initially authorities were planning to distribute 80,000 gas cylinders per day, only 8,000 cylinders will now be dis

The power cut schedule from tomorrow (18) to Saturday (21) for three hour and forty minutes was announced today, the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) said.

Revealing that Western Province DIG Deshabandu Thennakoon told President Gotabaya Rajapaksa that the IGP informed him not to use teargas or water cannon to disperse those attacking ’GotaGoGama’ protesters, former minister Ramesh Pathirana said to

SLPP parliamentarians Sanath Nishantha and Milan Jayatilleke were ordered to be remanded till May 25 by Colombo Fort Magistrate over the 09th of May incidents.