An Indian ship carrying urgent relief supplies including rice, life-saving medicines and milk powder arrived in Colombo on Sunday and the consignment was handed over to the government, the Indian High Commission said.

Sri Lanka Olympian Yupun Abeykoon set a new Sri Lanka and South Asian record in the 200 metres in an international athletic meet in Italy on Sunday (22).

Referring to reports that he is to join the government, Samagi Jana Balawegaya ( SJB) MP Mayantha Dissanayake said he will not join the government.

The Ceylon Petroleum Private Tanker Owners’ Association today requested the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to provide security when transporting fuel.

Stating that he had received an invitation to join the new government, the Samagi Jana Balawegaya ( SJB) MP Mayantha Dissanayake today said he would use it an opportunity to work for the nation.

Governments need to subsidise the cost of food and energy for the poorest members of society and without the correct government support the protests seen in Sri Lanka could be repeated in other countries, the head of the International Monetary Fund (

A 36-year-old man has been arrested by the STF for possessing US$ 50,000 during a raid in Welikada in Rajagiriya.

The house belonging to the owner of an IOC Filling Station at Ranajayapura in Ipalogama, Kekirawa was set on fire last night by an angry mob as the station ran out of fuel.

As some 100 cases of Monkeypox, a mild viral illness, characterized by symptoms of fever as well as a distinctive bumpy rash, reported from at least 12 countries so far, Sri Lanka said that it has all the necessary infrastructure to diagnose Monkeypo

Sri Lankan born Holt Labor Candidate Cassandra Fernando won a seat at the Australian federal election which was held on Saturday to elect members of the 47th Parliament of Australia.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has congratulated the Australian prime minister-elect, Anthony Albanese on winning the election and said the government is looking forward to working with him.

The Tamil asylum seekers in Australia at the centre of a years-long grassroots campaign to save them from deportation to Sri Lanka will be going home to the small central Queensland town of Biloela.

India has supplied another 40,000 MT consignment of diesel to Sri Lanka to help ease the fuel shortage in the country.

Anthony Albanese will be Australia’s next prime minister, leaving the Coalition in disarray after it lost more than a dozen seats to Labor and independents in an election that has transformed the country’s political landscape.

The Criminal Investigations Division (CID) recorded statements from IGP C.D. Wickramaratne and the Commandant of the STF for nearly five hours over the incidents which took place at Kollupitiya and Galle Face on May 9.

All arrangements, including supply of fuel for public transport and examination staff, have been made for the GCE Ordinary Level (O/L) examination which begins on Monday (23), Examinations Department Commissioner Ggeneral L.M.D. Dharmasena said.

The Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) has instructed the Ministry of Environment to make the public aware of the national flower of Sri Lanka as the ’Water Lily Flower’ through the National Institute of Education, the University Grants’ Commi

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has confirmed a boat from Sri Lanka was intercepted on Saturday morning while illegally en route to Australia.

The LITRO gas is to introduce a mobile application to alert the consumers and agents about the supply, distribution and availability of LP gas.

Leader of the House Minister Dinesh Gunawardene told Parliament yesterday that the attack on politicians’ houses had been carried out after obtaining information through drone footages.

The LITRO Gas today said that they have resumed the process of releasing 80,000 domestic gas cylinders per day, its Chairman Vijitha Herath today said.

A 10-hour water cut will be in place in several areas in Colombo today, the National Water Supply and Drainage Board (NWSDB) said.

Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) has instructed Litro gas to focus on supplying gas to highly residential areas, the Parliament unit said.

Fitch Ratings downgraded Sri Lanka’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency (LTFC) Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to Restricted Default (RD), from ‘C’.

The technical discussions between Sri Lanka and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on a potential loan programme will come to a close on May 24, IMF Spokesman Gerry Rice said.

The private sector stakeholders yesterday congratulated Harin Fernando on his appointment as the new Tourism and Lands Minister.

Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera said that some organized groups are preventing fuel trucks to pass certain areas demanding they be unloaded at different fuel stations and threatening to set fire to them.

The Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) today denied the statement made by SLPP MP Arundhika Fernando that he has served in the SLAF as a pilot or even as a cadet officer.

Issuing letters for seeking admission to national schools for children have been temporarily suspended with effect from today, the Education Ministry said.

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) is currently recording a statement from SLPP MP Namal Rajapaksa over the incidents at Kollupitiya and Galle Face Green on May 9.