Local

LocalIshara MudugamuwaTags: Print EditionThe Japanese Government has agreed to grant 5 billion Japanese yen (US$ 38 million) to purchase fuel needed to maintain essential and urgent  services in the health sector, Cabinet Spokesman Mass…

LocalIshara MudugamuwaTags: Print EditionCabinet Spokesman and Mass Media Minister Dr. Bandula Gunawardena yesterday said that the Cabinet of Ministers approved further action regarding the Free Trade Agreement between Sri Lanka and…

LocalTags: Print EditionThe Cabinet of Ministers has granted approval to draft a new Excise bill today (14 February). The current Excise bill is over a century-old piece of legislation (111), passed during the colonial times. The proposal…

LocalTags: Print Edition  The Executive Committee of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has announced an increase im the match fees of the National Women's players for the year 2023.   As a result, match fees for both formats of white-ball cricket…

LocalTags: Print EditionColombo Magsitrate court ordered YouTuber Sepal Amrasinghe to be further remanded today morning (14) until 21 February.  Amarasinghe was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on 5 January, for…

LocalTags: Print EditionReuters: Officials from China, India, Saudi Arabia and Group of Seven nations will participate in a first virtual meeting of a new sovereign debt roundtable on Friday (17 February). The roundtable will also include…

LocalTags: Print EditionOne week after the earthquake in Turkey, the death toll keep rising higher and higher, almost 36,000 deaths have been reported thus far from Syria and Turkey. Situation is Northern Syria remains dire, as the Syrian…

LocalTags: Print Edition  Sri Lankan women's cricket team beat Bangladesh at Cape Town by seven wickets. Sri Lankan team was carried to victory by the unbeaten 100 partnership between Harshitha Samarawickrama and Nilakshi de Silva chasing a…

LocalTags: Print EditionThe Youth Forum Leadership Summit 2023, organized by the U.S. Embassy in Sri Lanka in celebration of the 75th anniversary of bilateral relations between Sri Lanka and the United States, commenced this morning in…

LocalTags: Print EditionAmidst the growing shortages in the health sector, Ministry of Health has instructed to postpone non-essential/non-urgent surgeries that could be postponed. Minister Keheliya Rambukwella stated that upon doctor's…