Power outage for an hour and 45 minutes under three slots will be imposed in many areas today from 6.00 pm to 7.45 pm and 7.45 pm to 9.30 pm as Kelanitissa Power Station is yet to receive adequate fuel supply, the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) said.

The electricity could be supplied without a hitch until next Monday (25) as adequate fuel was supplied to CEB, Power Minister Gamini Lokuge today said.

The Colombo High Court Trial-at-Bar today concluded recording evidence in a case filed against former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando relating to the Easter Sunday bomb attack.

There could be short-term power interruptions in several areas until fuel pumping at the Kelanitissa Power Station is completed, Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) Chairman M.M.C. Ferdinando said.

Prominent Tamil legislators from Sri Lanka’s north and east have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking India’s help in ensuring that Colombo addresses the island’s long-pending Tamil question with a lasting political solution.

The Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) has recovered several firearms and swords in the house of retired doctor who was arrested in connection with the recovery of a hand grenade at the Borella All Saints’ Church.

The thermal power plants of the Kelanitissa Power Station has come to a complete halt due to not receiving fuel for its electricity generation, the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) Additional General Manager and media spokesman Andrew Navamani said.

The Aircraft Engineer and the Managing Director of Sakurai Aviation have been granted Bail by the Negombo Magistrate’s Court.

The Government of Sri Lanka has corrected the erroneous and outdated information contained in the recent travel advisory issued by Canada on Sri Lanka.

Hong Kong will euthanize about 2,000 hamsters and other small animals after a pet store worker and several rodents tested positive for coronavirus, as the city pursues an uncompromising zero-Covid strategy two years into the pandemic.

Sri Lankan lawyer Senaka Weeraratna, who has been running from pillar to post to be recognized for suggesting the Decision Review System used in cricket, was over the moon when a local commentator had said that there was a claimant from Sri Lanka (an

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka has issued funds to obtain fuel from two vessels at the Colombo Port, Co-Cabinet Spokesman Minister Udaya Gammanpila said.

Sri Lanka born billionaire investor and minority owner of the NBA’s Golden State Warriors Chamath Palihapitiya responded to criticism over his comments where he has said that “nobody cares about China’s treatment of the Uyghur minority group”

Gamini Senarath assumed duties as the Secretary to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa a short while ago.

The day where the country is going to plunge in darkness indefinitely due to the current fuel crisis is imminent and cannot be prevented, Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) United Trade Union Alliance Convener Ranjan Jayalal said.

To deal with the power crisis, Environment Minister Mahinda Amaraweera directed officials and all of its affiliates to take steps to reduce the use of incandescent bulbs by at least 50% during the day.

Two bodies of fishermen who went missing while fishing in the sea were found on the beach of Kayankerni yesterday, the Wakarai police said.

Operations of the Kelanitissa combined cycle power plant has ground to a halt this morning due to unavailability of fuel, the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) Additional General Manager and media spokesman Andrew Navamani said.

The Yahapalana government should have opened the central expressway by October 2018, if former Minister Daya Gamage’s company did not delay the work on the stretch it was contracted to construct and if not for the constitutional coup inn the same y

Sri Lanka’s Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) had been plunged into a deep crisis as the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) has been unable to supply the required stock of fuel to the Kelanitissa Power Plant which has already shut down from last night

Zimbabwe beat Sri Lanka by 22 runs in the second one-day international to level the three-match series at 1-1 on Tuesday as Dasun Shanaka’s 102 went in vain.

Former IGP Pujitha Jayasundera had given a prior warning about the Easter Sunday attacks on Catholic Churches to four of the top police officers including DIG Western Police and to the DIG-in-charge of the STF, Senior DIG Deshabandu Tennakoon said to

A large number of SJB MPs were not in the Parliament chamber when President Gotabaya Rajapaksa addressed Parliament today.

The fossilised skeletal remains of a herd of Rhinoceros that died in a meteoric shower more than 80,000 years ago have been unearthed from an 80ft deep gem mine at the foot of Rilaulu hill range in Lunugala in Modalsima.

Former Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force, Air Chief Marshal P. H. Mendis has passed away, Sri Lanka Air Force said.

The Anti-Death Penalty Group strongly condemned the ongoing use of the death penalty in Sri Lanka while referring to the Colombo High Court Special Trial-at-Bar sentencing former Welikada Magazine Prison Superintendent Emil Ranjan Lamahewage to death

A revision application filed on behalf of Attorney-at-law Hejaaz Hizbullah seeking an order to release him on bail was today fixed for January 20 by Court of Appeal.

India has offered a new Line of Credit (LOC) of USD 500 million to Sri Lanka for purchase of petroleum products.

Power Minister Gamini Lokuge speaking to Daily Mirror a short while ago said that LIOC had informed the Ministry that at this moment they were unable to supply fuel stocks for the generation of electricity to the CEB.

The Ceylon Electricity Board’s (CEB) diesel and furnace oil stocks will be sufficient only until 5.00 p.m. this evening for electricity generation, Ceylon Petroleum Corporation’s (CPC) Jathika Sevaka Sangamaya wing (JSS) Secretary Ananda Palitha