The local government polls is unlikely to be held on April 25, said state minister of local government Janaka Wakkumbura.

Road accidents have claimed 564 lives so far this year, said police spokesman SSP Nihal Talduwa.

The G.C.E. ordinary level examination 2023 has been postponed by two weeks, and will now start on May 29, announced the Examinations Department.

The much delayed project of installing e-gates at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) as one of the solutions to passenger congestion is still to make any headway due to procurement irregularities, airport and aviation sources revealed.

Through funding from the European Union (EU), a shipment of 3,820 tonnes of urea fertiliser procured by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) was handed over to the Ministry of Agriculture today, for distribution among smallholder paddy farmers and paddy seed farmers in Sri Lanka.

Political crossovers are very likely in the two weeks that follows the New Year, said Prof. Channa Jayasumana of the Freedom People’s Congress.

The government has given permission to three foreign oil companies to sell fuel at retail prices below the CPC rates.

The management committee of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) is due to meet at 7.00 pm tomorrow (11) to suspend the party membership of Dr. Rajitha Senaratne, sources said.

The IGP has decided to transfer several senior DIGs and SSPs following the New Year, subject to approval by the public security ministry and the police headquarters, Neth News reported.

Everyone must come together to support the recovery and promote stableand inclusive growth to tackle the enormous economic challenge that Sri Lanka is facing, said the Internationl Monetary Fund's senior mission chief for Sri Lanka Peter Breuer.