Justice Minister Ali Sabry has instructed the Justice Secretary to nullify the gazette issued on the Prohibition of Obscene Publications on December 24 2021.

Asian Development Bank (ADB) has agreed to reimburse USD 85 million spent for the purchase of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines, State Minister Prof. Channa Jayasumana said.

A 52-year old man had died when he was hit by a luxury jeep driven by a woman at Bokundara in Piliyandala this morning, the Police said.

The official reserve position of Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has today reached approximately USD 3.1 billion, CBSL Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal said.

The Sri Lanka Station Masters’ Union (SLSMU) today said the train services will operate as usual from today, SLSMU President Sumedha Somarathne said.

Bus fare revisions will not come into effect today, but new bus fares and from when it will be implemented will be announced after today’s discussion, Transport State Minister Dilum Amunugama said.

The Government of Sri Lanka should expedite negotiations with India and get assistance to purchase fuel and essential items, Former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said yesterday.

The government is bracing for a possible food shortage in the coming months by initiating plans to secure around US $ 100-150 million from the Central Bank a month to import essentials such as rice, sugar, chilli, dhal and wheat flour from the region

Chairman of the Presidential Taskforce for One Country - One Law Venerable Galabodaththe Gnanasara Thera said any successive government since independence had not implemented the policy of one law for the country and that the present government has t

SDB bank Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Thilak Piyadigama has obtained an enjoining order from District Court of Colombo preventing any attempts of him getting suspended or terminated from the bank.

The Treasury has been requested by a committee set up to look into State Owned Enterprises (SOEs), including key utilities such as power, energy and water, to suspend State assistance, potentially opening the path to end the reliance on tax payer fun

The Secretary General of Joint Apparel Association Forum (JAAF) Tuli Cooray has urged all members to ensure their employee’s Covid-19 vaccination is saved in ‘digital format’ and present them as ‘proof of vaccination’ whenever required.

The Station Masters’ Union has decided to call off its ongoing trade union action after discussions held with the State Minister of Transport, Union members said.

The teen pilot Zara Rutherford landed at the Colombo International Airport, Ratmalana (CIAR) today in her bid to become the youngest woman to fly solo around the world.

The confidential report on bus fare revisions will be handed over to the Transport Ministry Secretary today, a senior official said.

Sri Lanka’s Test skipper Dimuth Karunaratne has been nominated for the ICC Men’s Test Player of the Year 2021 award.

The executive committee of the Sri Lanka Railway Station Masters’ Union (SLSMU) has decided to operate two trains of required aircraft fuel stocks to the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) noon today from Kolonnawa.

Claiming that the new LP gas manufacturing process has been slow due to recalling and removing gas from previously released gas cylinders with blue and black seal to the market, Litro Gas Ltd said immediate actions were being taken to cater to the do

The 86.7 km long stretch of the A-5 highway from Bibile to Chenkalady was declared open by the Chief Government Whip and Highways Minister, Johnston Fernando today.

A fire has broken out at a boat workshop in Thotupola Road in Mattakkuliya a short while ago.

The Board of Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) president and former India captain Sourav Ganguly has been admitted to a city hospital after testing positive for COVID-19, the cricket board sources said on Tuesday, December 28, 2021.

While launching a scathing attack on the present government, former President Maitripala Sirisena stressed the need to form a new rule based on a new vision and a mission to resuscitate the country from the present mess. He said the proposed rule sho

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday said it was wrong of several Ministers to have gone to courts against a collective cabinet decision regarding the Yugadanavi power plant share transfer matter.

The Bangladesh Bank has extended validity of the credit facility it extended to Sri Lanka by three months after the expiry of the first three-month tenure of the credit facility.

Due to the prevailing congestion at the Trincomalee general hospital, attention has been drawn to moving the hospital to a separate location, the Health Ministry said.

Secretary to the President P.B. Jayasundara who has tendered his resignation to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is to be appointed as the President’s advisor once he steps down from his post and his position will be filled in by Gamini Senarath who is

Buddhangala Ananda Thero, the elder brother of Rear Admiral Dr. Sarath Weerasekera, Minister of Public Security, who served as Major General Ananda Weerasekera in the Sri Lanka Army, passed away this morning at the age of 78.

Another batch of 1,147,770 doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to be used as third dose for Covid suppression process in the country, was flown in by Emirates Airways.

The price of petrol would have ranged from Rs. 130 to Rs. 140 currently, had the fuel pricing formula been in force, UNP Deputy Leader Ruwan Wijewardene said yesterday.

The Chinese government donated Rs. 19.6 million to Samagi Jana Balawegaya’s (SJB) medical equipment donation programme ‘Husmak’ recently.