Sri Lanka Police have called on media institutions to refrain from publicizing unverified information pertaining to the recent murder of famed businessman, Dinesh Schaffter.

President of the All Ceylon Poultry Businessmen s Association Ajith Gunasekara says that eggs will be sold at Rs. 55 at selected locations within Gampaha and Colombo from 12 noon today (28 Dec.).

The death toll in the New York city of Buffalo has risen to 28, with thousands still without power amid a monster winter storm that has battered North America.

The bodies of two individuals, who had died under suspicious circumstances, have been found in the Peradeniya and Uhana areas.

The Chinese government says it will start issuing new passports as it dismantles anti-virus travel barriers, setting up a potential flood of millions of tourists out of China for next month s Lunar New Year holiday.

Russia s national carrier Red Wings is due to commence charter flight operations to Sri Lanka from today (28 Dec.).

Chairman of the Election Commission of Sri Lanka Nimal Punchihewa said that the Local Government Election will be held before the 10th of March 2023.

One person was killed while two others were left wounded after a head-on collision involving a three-wheeler and a bus in the Ampitiya area on Katuruppa  Badulla road, last evening (Dec.28).

Eggs will be sold at Rs. 55 in several places within the Colombo and Gampaha districts from today (28 Dec.), Agriculture Minister Mahinda Amaraweera assured.

Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 28 December 2022 by Department of Meteorology: Several spells of light showers will occur in Northern, North-Central, Eastern and Uva provinces. Showers or thundershowers will occur at a few places in Western, Sabaragamuwa and North-Western provinces and in Galle and Matara districts during the afternoon or night. General […]

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has facilitated the return of 152 Sri Lankans who were among the 302 individuals rescued on seas near Vietnam recently, when a boat capsized off the coast of Vietnam on November 08, 2022.

By Shamindra Ferdinando Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena yesterday (27) acknowledged that a proposal to extend the retirement age of Parliament staff, to 61 years, contrary to a government decision to retire public sector workers, at the age of 60, by end of this year, has been held up by State Finance Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya’s refusal […]

The Department of Meteorology says several spells of light showers will occur in Northern, North-Central, Eastern and Uva provinces today.

About 27 migrants from Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Eritrea and Pakistan were caught by Romanian s Arad police after they tried to cross the border illegally into Hungary, hiding inside two trucks loaded with textile fabrics and metal rods.

I have no data to support my contention but I have the suspicion that ordinary people have no desire to pay higher taxes when they know that the rulers, not only politicians, of this country since 2005 have plundered vast wealth from the government, invested them both here and abroad and provided sumptuously for their […]

By Saman Indrajith The Department of Immigration and Emigration said that it has received 5,401 requests for dual citizenship in the year 2021. The Department said the majority of the requests (1,621) had come from residents of Australia. About 885 individuals from the United Kingdom, 795 from the United States, and 371 from Canada had […]

Wednesday 28th December, 2022 Reports that the Election Commission will have to hold the local government elections soon have upset government politicians beyond measure; they are delivering jeremiads against what they call unnecessary state expenditure amidst an economic crisis. Claiming that the mini polls will cost the country Rs. 10 billion, they would have the […]