6.8 C
New York
spot_img

Local News - Sri Lanka

Former State Minister Shashindra Rajapaksa remanded

Colombo Magistrate Thanuja Lakmali Jayatunga has ordered the remand of former State Minister Shashindra Rajapaksa, who was arrested by the Bribery Commission this morning,...

Five People who were removing a pile of Soil are buried under another pile of soil

Five people have been buried after another pile of soil collapsed on top of workers who were clearing a pile of soil that had...

COPA Chairman resigns

Parliamentarian Aravinda Senarath, who served as the Chairman of the Committee on Public Accounts (COPA), has resigned. The MP made this statement in a special...

Sri Lanka exports 15,000 tons of steel to Canada

Sri Lankan steel giant MELWA Group is set to export 15,000 metric tons of iron ore worth $9 million to the Canadian market for...

Former State Minister Shashindra Rajapaksa arrested

Former State Minister Shashindra Rajapaksa was arrested this morning in the Nugegoda area by officers of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or...

Sagala Rathnayake arrives at FCID

Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe's Chief of Staff Sagala Ratnayake arrived at the Financial Crimes Investigation Division this morning (06). That's to make a statement.

The resolution passed to remove Deshabandu Tennakoon from office is submitted to the President

The motion passed in Parliament to remove Deshabandu Tennakoon from the post of IGP has been forwarded to the President by Speaker Dr. Jagath...

Paddy procurement for the Yala season begins today

The government will begin purchasing the paddy harvest for this year's Yala season today (the 3rd). Accordingly, paddy will be purchased under the first phase...

Rain in several places today

The Department of Meteorology, in a statement, states that several spells of rain are likely to occur in the Western, Sabaragamuwa and Northwestern provinces...

IMF Executive Board approves fourth review

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed the fourth review of Sri Lanka's 48-month Extended Fund Facility (EFF) yesterday (01). Accordingly, Sri...

Child’s skeletal remains found in Chemmani mass grave

The skeletal remains of a small child and a school bag were found yesterday (29) in the Chemmani mass grave. During that excavation, 6 human...

The case against former MP Sarana Gunawardena will be taken up for hearing.

When the bribery case filed against Sarana Gunawardena, an organizer and former MP of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna, was taken up for hearing...

Recent articles

spot_img