The Examinations Department has released the cut-off marks for the 2021 (2022) grade five scholarship examination to select students for schools and to award scholarships.

Saudi Arabia Foreign Affairs Minister Sheikh Faisal Bin Farhan Al Saud arrived at the Katunayake International Airport this morning for a one day official visit.

The All Island School Van Operators Association (AISVOA) today requested their members to go for a school van fare hike after talking to the parents.

The results of the Grade Five Scholarship Examination was released a short while ago, the Examinations Department Commissioner General L.M.D Dharmasena said.

While expressing the country’s economy could not be regulated by the orders of the President or the Finance Minister, the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) said today the actions of the government have intensified the country’s economic crisis.

The United Kingdom, in its latest travel advisory on Sri Lanka has warned its citizens saying the economic situation was deteriorating in the country with shortages of basic necessities including medicines, fuel and food.

The price of a 50kg cement bag has been increased to Rs.1,850.

There is a possibility of announcing the bus fare revision from Monday night (14) onwards, Transport Minister Dilum Amunugama said.

Immediate steps will be taken to bring at least 1000 MW of renewable energy capacity onto the national grid this year in order to ensure uninterrupted power supply, Power Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi said.

The Sri Lanka Petroleum Private Tanker Owners’ Association (SLPPTOA) said that they need to revise the fuel transport formula within two days and said if not, they will refrain from carrying out their services.

The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) said today that it will go for an Arab Spring after giving an ultimatum for the government to resolve the present economic crisis.

Five suspects have been arrested by the STF with 560 kilograms of Kerala cannabis which was smuggled from Rameswaran in India.

At least another seven months will take to end the current fuel and gas queues, Energy Minister Gamini Lokuge said.

The decision on fuel subsidy or a bus fare revision will be announced on Tuesday (15) morning after the cabinet decision, Transport Minister Dilum Amunugama said.

SJB MP Harin Fernando who has denied defaulting an electricity Bill said yesterday that he never owned a house in Colombo and he never occupied his official residence when he was a Minister in the previous government after 2019.

Two children have died after being caught in an unauthorized power line at Naikadu in Samanthurai yesterday.

Around 1,300 Ukrainian troops have been killed since the start of the Russian invasion, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday.

Former President Maithripala Sirisena said that the people are preparing to revolt as they cannot bear the burden of the cost of living.

An anti-terrorism court on Saturday indicted 89 individuals accused of lynching 49-year-old Sri Lankan factory manager Priyantha Kumara Diyawadanage in Sialkot over blasphemy allegations last year.

Due to the prevalent power outage, many varieties of frozen food which are not fit for consumption are being sold in the market and shops, the Public Health Inspectors Union of Sri Lanka said.

The Inter-Provincial Private Bus Association (IPPBA) Executive Committee decided today to raise the total bus fare by 30% while also raising the minimum bus fare from the present Rs.17 to Rs. 30, if the government does not come up with a solution.

A proposal will be forwarded to the Transport Ministry requesting a bus fare hike on par with the sudden fuel hike, NTC Director Nilan Miranda said.

Education Minister Dinesh Gunawardana said he intends to contact the relevant authorities to release the grade five scholarship examination results by tonight

Foreign earnings from all exported goods and services have been made mandatory and to be remitted to Sri Lanka within 180 days from the date of shipment or provisioning of services, the Central Bank stated.

Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal said that Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa scheduled meeting with IMF in Washington DC next month ‘not for the purpose of debt restructuring’.

Amidst rising reports that a national government was being discussed between the Rajapaksa brothers and UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe which would see President Gotabaya Rajapaksa as head of state and Wickremesinghe as the new Prime Minister, Prime

The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation has decided to increase fuel prices with effect from midnight today.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is to meet ITAK on Tuesday March 15 2022, TNA MP S. Rasamanickam told Parliament today.

Sri Lanka will begin talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) next month on a plan to help the crisis-hit country, including assistance with debt restructuring and managing its foreign exchange shortage, three sources said on Friday, Reuters

Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa said that they are trying to provide relief to people as much as possible, despite the challenges posed by the Russia-Ukraine conflict.