The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) said today that power outages on April 13, 14 are highly unlikely.

Many national sports associations are finding it difficult to send teams for international competitions because of the dollar crisis.

Special and long-distance train services are scheduled to be operated during the New Year season to facilitate the people to travel conveniently, as only a handful of buses will be operational due to the chronic scarcity of fuel in the country, the R

An extraordinary gazette has been issued by the Secretary to the President Gamini Senerath indicating the resignation of 26 cabinet ministers.

U.S. authorities said Thursday that they had arrested a Japanese yakuza organized crime leader and three Thai men who trafficked heroin and methamphetamine and tried to acquire surface-to-air missiles for rebel groups in Myanmar and Sri Lanka.

The US $ 500 million India credit line for fuel will almost be exhausted after another 120,000 tons of diesel and 35,000 tons of petrol is delivered to Sri Lanka during the remaining period of this month, Daily Mirror learns.

Sri Lanka Medical Council (SLMA) has written to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa about the acute shortage of essential medicines, reagents, equipment and consumables in government hospitals and the private healthcare sector in Sri Lanka.

A tense situation was reported near the Temple Trees, the official residence of the Prime Minister a short while after a group of individuals who were protesting outside the premises, attempted to break the barricades.

The United Nations General Assembly voted Thursday to suspend Russia from the UN Human Rights Council after high-profile allegations of atrocities committed by Russian soldiers during the war in Ukraine.

The Pakistan Supreme Court on Thursday said National Assembly deputy speaker Qasim Suri’s ruling to dismiss a no-confidence motion against embattled Prime Minister Imran Khan was wrong.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has appointed new Central Bank Governor and Secretary to the Finance Minister, the President Media Division said.

Due to the prevailing diesel shortage in the country, the Lanka Private Bus Owners’ Association (LPBOA) today requested the people to board the available buses to travel to their villages in view to celebrate the New Year festival.

The power cuts that were scheduled to be imposed during the weekend have been approved by the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) today.

Foreign Affairs Minister Prof. GL Peiris today pointed out that some of the demands by the demonstrators were not realistic and cannot be met and that they did not seem want a solution based on available options in keeping with the Constitution.

While expressing that the government has lost faith internationally, former minister Wimal Weerawansa said today that the whole government, including Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa should resign and allow an interim government to be formed with the

Former Sri Lankan cricket legend Roshan Mahanama today urged people to keep the pressure and show their disappointment in a very peaceful manner without harming themselves and damaging any property of the country.

Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe, who is to be appointed as the next Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, has arrived in the country from Australia this evening.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Sri Lanka is experiencing an incredibly tumultuous period as island-wide protests continue amid an economic crisis.

A father, mother and their daughter were killed in a head-on collision between a three-wheeler and a lorry on the Thanamalwila-Udawalawe Road today.

An Indian national pretending to be a journalist for a human rights organization in Sri Lanka had been arrested with drugs worth over Rs.11 million today.

Colombo Chief Magistrate’s court today issued an order preventing former Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal from leaving the country until 18 April.

The government has declared April 11 and 12 as a special public holiday in view of the Sinhala and Tamil New Year, the Public Administration Ministry said.

SJB MP Harin Fernando has informed the Secretary-General of Parliament that he would renounce his parliamentary salary for the upcoming year.

The United States in its latest travel advisory on Wednesday has cautioned its citizens from travelling to Sri Lanka amid the ongoing economic crisis and unrest in the country.

The National People’s Power (NPP) MP Anura Kumara Dissanayake said today that they were not prepared to accept any proposal such as an interim government unless President Gotabaya Rajapaksa resigns from being the President.

Former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe today alleged that he was called before the Presidential Commission probing malpractices of the previous government amidst the crisis which the country is facing.

The Surcharge Tax Bill was passed with amendments in Parliament this morning.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa arrived in Parliament this morning to attend the sitting of the House.

The first case of XE, a more transmissible Covid-19 variant, was detected in Mumbai on Wednesday, officials of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said.

Following the resignation of Ali Sabry as the Finance Minister in less than 24 hours, the position still remains vacant with many MPs hesitant to take it up amidst the economic mess Sri Lanka has been plunged into and the rising public anger against