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LocalJayasiri MunasingheTags: Print EditionRepresentatives of the Sri Lankan government are slated to visit Washington D.C. again to discuss the proposed loan facility from the International Monetary Fund with senior IMF officials on…

LocalTags: Print EditionIn mourning the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the National Flag of Sri Lanka along with the National Flag of the United Kingdom were flown at half-mast at the President’s Office premises yesterday (19). Picture…

LocalGayan Kumara WeerasingheTags: Print EditionThe Kurunduwatta Police have started an investigation regarding the theft of property worth Rs.448,000 from the house of Sri Lanka’s first Executive President late J.R.Jayewerdene at Ward…

LocalTags: Print EditionThere is an increase in the number of HIV patients in the 18-25 age category, National STD and HIV Prevention Programme Director Rasanjali Hettiarachchi said yesterday (19). She also stated that 18 out of 50…

LocalGayan KumaraTags: Print EditionMilco Chairman Renuka Perera has filed a complaint with the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) regarding a fuel fraud related to selling more than 132,000 litres of diesel illegally at the…

LocalTags: Print EditionThe death occurred on Friday of veteran journalist, writer and literary critic Kailayar Sellanainar Sivakumaran, more popularly known as K.S. Sivakumaran (86), a regular contributor to the Sunday Observer and…

LocalBuddhika ImbulanaTags: Print EditionThe prices of many types of fish in the Peliyagoda fish market have decreased in the last few days. The bulk price of 1,000 rupees per kilogramme for tuna has come down to 500 rupees, Mackerel…

LocalAnura PremalalTags: Print EditionAccording to the Joint Apparel Association Forum the apparel export income had reached 522.14 million US dollars as of July this year. In July of last year, the income was 425.75 million US…

LocalTags: Print EditionA cheque of USD 500,000 (Around Rs.180 million) was handed over to President Ranil Wickremesinghe by Sri Lanka Cricket to buy medicines for the Maharagama Apeksha Hospital.   The donation was made on Friday…

LocalSaudi Arabia's new Ambassador to Sri Lanka Khalid bin Hamoud Nasser Aldasam Alkahtani paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena on Friday.Tags: Print EditionPrime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena requested the new…