Saliya Wickramasuriya has been appointed chairman of the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) and the Ceylon Petroleum Storage Terminals Ltd. (CPSTL).
A traffic policeman has died a day after he was run over by a speeding car at Independence Square Roundabout in Colombo.
A human chain was organized in Jaffna on 04 October in a show of support for former Mullaitivu magistrate T. Saravanaraja.
Five passengers, all men, succumbed to injuries they suffered when a tree fell onto the bus they were travelling in this morning (06), police said.
Estate Tamils living in the northwestern province are demanding land to build houses.
Addressing the 5th Forum of Ministers and Environment Authorities of the Asia Pacific at the Shangri La Hotel in Colombo today (05), President Ranil Wickremesinghe emphasized three crucial points: the urgency of the climate crisis, Sri Lanka’s ambitious climate plans and the dire state of global biodiversity.
Former finance minister Ravi Karunanayake has stressed the need to raise the range of taxpayers, and not burdening the masses with taxes, in order to take the country out of its economic crisis.
Continuing injustices against the Tamils could lay the foundation for them to take to arms again, said Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization (TELO) leader Selvam Addaikkalanathan.
The sectoral oversight committee (SOC) on international relations has discussed setting up a committee headed by the Foreign Ministry to resolve investment and tourism related issues.
In a scathing indictment of Sri Lanka's governance landscape, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has handed down a damning verdict, MP Harsha de Silva said.
