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LocalTags: Print EditionMinistry of finance issued National Budget Circular 01/2023 for the Curtailment of recurrent provisions appropriated for the year 2023 by 6%. All chief accounting officers of Ministries and Departments are required…

LocalTags: Print EditionSale of liquor and meat has been banned on the Independence Day (04 February). Slaughterhouses have also been ordered to be closed on that day says the Ministry of Home affairs.       Thursday, February 2, 2023 -…

LocalTags: Print Edition  CEYPETCO and LIOC have increased the price of Octane 92 Petrol by Rs.30 per litre, with effect from midnight today. The new price will be Rs.400 Wednesday, February 1, 2023 - 22:35

LocalTags: Print EditionSri Lanka's National Report under the 4th Cycle of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) comes up for consideration by the UN Working Group on UPR on Wednesday 1st February 2023 during its 42nd Session to be held in…

LocalTags: Print EditionProf C M Madduma Bandara presented a copy of his researched volume titled, ‘FREEDOM STRUGGLES OF SRI LANKA; Lessons Learned and the Way Forward’ to  Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena at te Prime Minister’s Office in…

LocalTags: Print EditionInter University Students' Federation (IUSF) Convener Wasantha Mudalige was granted bail by the Fort Magistrate Court for three other separate cases. Wednesday, February 1, 2023 - 13:26

LocalTags: Print EditionThe Commissioner General of Examinations, Mr. Amit Jayasundara, said that the applications related to the 2022 Ordinary Level examination will be accepted through the online system from today (01) to 28 February.…

LocalTags: Print EditionU.S. Under-Secretary for Political Affairs, Victoria Nuland, met President Ranil Wickremesinghe at the Presidential Secretariat this morning (1).  During the discussions the President thanked the US Government for…

Says ready to contest next Presidential election :LocalSwarna WijekoneTags: Print EditionSri Lanka Freedom Party Chairman and former President Maithripala Sirisena said yesterday (31) that he will contest the next Presidential Election. He…

LocalTags: Print EditionColombo Chief Magistrate released IUSF Convener Wasantha Mudalige, who was in remand custody under the PTA.  Tuesday, January 31, 2023 - 15:08