The Sapugaskanda oil refinery will shut down tomorrow for the first time in history due to a shortage of crude oil, Ceylon Petroleum Corporation’s (CPC) Jathika Sevaka Sangamaya wing (JSS) Secretary Ananda Palitha said.

Anuradhapura District Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) branch passed a resolution that the SLFP should contest the next elections as a single party regardless of victory or defeat.

Mahela Jayawardena receives his ICC Hall of Fame commemorative cap from Sir Clive Lloyd at the Dubai International Cricket Grounds.

The Crime Branch-CID police from Coimbatore arrested Chanuka Thananayaka alias Ladiya alias Ladim, 38, a close aide of Sri Lankan underworld don Angoda Lokka, from Bengaluru on Saturday.

Condemning the remarks made by Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa that public service is a burden to the nation, Leader of Opposition Sajith Premadasa today alleged that the government is preparing to dissolve the public service in Sri Lanka, either d

One lane of the Pahala Kadugannawa area on the Colombo-Kandy main road will be opened after 12 p.m. tomorrow, Kegalle District Secretary Mahinda S. Weerasooriya said.

The Ministry of Education has decided to make some changes in the preparation of Scholarship, G.C.E. O/L and A/L examination papers.

The ‘Poppy Day’ ceremony, organized by the Sri Lanka Ex-Servicemen’s Association (SLESA) was held this morning at the Colombo Vihara Maha Devi Park cenotaph. A brief ceremony was held with the presence of a limited gathering due to COVID-19 pan

Ten civil society activists have filed a writ petition in the Court of Appeal challenging the ever-rising abuse, harassment and discrimination against individuals of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex and Questioning (LGBTIQ) community

Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) is to go ahead with its planned mass protest on Tuesday November 16 despite the ban on mass gathering, party seniors said.

The vehicle import ban, which has been in effect since March last year, is expected to continue for another six to seven months, Secretary to the Ministry of Finance SR Attygalle said.

The Colombo Development Symposium presenting, the Future of the Sri Lankan Economy will kick off in Colombo tomorrow with Secretary to the President Dr. P. B. Jayasundera delivering the keynote address, focusing on charting the country’s path forwa

With the number of cases and deaths showing a marginal increase day by day despite vaccination, Health authorities warn of a dark period ahead if the situation is not nipped in the bud.

Sri Lankan spin legend Muttiah Muralitharan has called his former teammate and the ICC’s latest Hall of Fame inductee Mahela Jayawardene one of the game’s ’’great thinkers’’.

Six suspects have been arrested for digging for gold suspected to be buried during the war in Mannar, police said.

A cache of live ammunition was recovered in a land belonging to the Elpitiya District Judge in Baddegama.

A total of 22 more COVID-19 related deaths that occurred yesterday (12) were confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services today pushing the death toll to 13,972.

A total number of 106 deaths have been reported due to natural disasters so far this year while the death toll due to natural disasters stood at 62 last year, National Security and Disaster Management State Minister Chamal Rajapaksa said today.

Mahela Jayawardene, Janette Brittin and Shaun Pollock have been announced as the newest inductees into the prestigious ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.

A total of 381 more COVID-19 patients recovered and were discharged from hospital increasing the total number of recoveries in Sri Lanka to 523,503 , the Health Ministry said.

A total of 628 suspects have been arrested in possession of drugs and illicit liquor during a 4-hour special raid conducted in the Western Province yesterday.

Steps were being taken to transport food crops such as vegetables by train to minimise damage in transit, Agriculture Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage said today.

An accomplice of organized criminal Sanka Shirantha alias Bloemendal Sanka, had been arrested with an Italian-made revolver by the STF during a raid at Pannipitiya in Maharagama.

The Excise notification has been issued by Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa amending the excise duty with effect from November 13, as per the 2022 budget.

Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa who commented on the budget said it was a budget with characteristics of Somalia. He said the budgetary proposals had been formulated in a manner that would drive the country down the path of disaster instead of res

The government plans to initiate talks with foreign parties to obtain green bond financing facilities to fund green ongoing projects, to meet the country’s climate commitments and to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.

Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa yesterday revealed the plans to recover Rs.8.5 billion from the alleged perpetrator of the bond scam, Perpetual Treasuries, via a budget proposal.

The Special Goods and Services Tax (GST), which was in the budget last year but wasn’t enforced due to the economic downturn caused by the virus resurgence, is set to come into force from January next year.

Eyeing a Rs.254 billion boost in the tax income, the government yesterday proposed to levy a one-off 25 percent surcharge on large companies, 3 percent increment on VAT charged on banks and financial services providers and a new social security levy

The budget has failed to introduce a solution to the mounting Dollar crisis which would badly hit Sri Lanka in the first quarter of 2022, SJB MP Eran Wickrameratne said.