A Gazette Extraordinary has been published on Monday (June 27), specifying the duties, functions and institutional legal framework of the Ministry of Investment Promotion. MORE..

28 Jun 2022 (1:28 PM)

The Cabinet of Ministers has green-lighted opening up the fuel import and retail sales market to companies from oil-producing nations. MORE..

28 Jun 2022 (12:45 PM)

A search operation carried out by Sri Lanka Navy in western seas off Negombo in the late hours of June 27 has led to the interception of a local multiday fishing trawler with 47 people aboard. MORE..

28 Jun 2022 (12:02 PM)

At least 46 people, believed to be migrants, have been found dead in an abandoned lorry on the outskirts of San Antonio, Texas. MORE..

28 Jun 2022 (10:35 AM)

The Cabinet of Ministers has given the approval tabled by the Minister of Transport to revise train fares. MORE..

28 Jun 2022 (9:50 AM)

Minister of Power Energy Kanchana Wijesekera, accompanied by Minister of Environment Naseer Ahamed, departed for Qatar this morning (June 28), Ada Derana correspondent says. MORE..

28 Jun 2022 (9:12 AM)

The Cabinet of Ministers have approved the proposal to gazette the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution and to present it to the Parliament, Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe said. MORE..

28 Jun 2022 (12:28 AM)

The Chairman of the Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) Kingsley Ranawaka says that adequate SLTB buses will be operated and that bus services will not be affected by the current restrictions. MORE..

27 Jun 2022 (11:52 PM)

Sri Lanka Railways says that train services will operate under normal schedules tomorrow (28). MORE..

27 Jun 2022 (11:24 PM)

All schools within Colombo Zone, suburbs of Western Province and schools located in the main cities of other provinces will remain closed until the 10th of July, Cabinet Spokesperson Minister Bandula Gunawardena says. MORE..

27 Jun 2022 (10:42 PM)

Fuel volumes will be dispensed only to vehicles attached to essential services with effect from midnight today (June 27) until the 10th of July, Minister Bandula Gunawardena says. MORE..

27 Jun 2022 (10:00 PM)

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has instructed the Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) and relevant authorities to use available funds to import fuel immediately. MORE..

27 Jun 2022 (8:54 PM)

Sri Lanka Navy apprehended a local multi-day fishing trawler with 54 individuals, suspected to be on an illegal migration attempt to Australia via sea, during a search operation carried out in the eastern seas of the island in the wee hours of today (27). MORE..

27 Jun 2022 (7:02 PM)

The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) says it will accept proposals from the general public on the electricity tariff hike from tomorrow (June 28) for three weeks. MORE..

27 Jun 2022 (6:06 PM)

The visiting high-level delegation representing the US State Department and US Treasury Department has met with Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, a short while ago. MORE..

27 Jun 2022 (4:52 PM)

Sri Lanka s Ministry of Defence has approved the launch of a cargo ferry service between Kankesanturai (KKS) and Pondichery in Tamil Nadu. MORE..

27 Jun 2022 (4:37 PM)

Sri Lanka s exports recorded the USD 5 billion mark in the first five months of this year, according to the Export Development Board (EDB). MORE..

27 Jun 2022 (4:18 PM)

The visiting high-level delegation of officials representing the US State Department and the Treasury Department met with Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, a short while ago, for a discussion, the PM s Office said. MORE..

27 Jun 2022 (2:12 PM)

A suspect has been arrested by the Police Special task Force (STF) in connection with the shooting and killing of a person at Middeniya in Embilipitiya. MORE..

27 Jun 2022 (1:16 PM)

At least five persons have been injured and hospitalized after a bus collided with a group of people who were waiting in a queue near a fuel station at Uraniya in Batticaloa. MORE..

27 Jun 2022 (12:54 PM)