Following a discussion with rice traders, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has directed new maximum retail and wholesale price limits for various rice types, according to the President s Media Division (PMD). MORE..
7 Dec 2024 (10:11 PM)
Four individuals have been arrested for their involvement in a series of gold jewellery robberies targeting taxi drivers. MORE..
8 Dec 2024 (5:37 PM)
Hundreds of fishermen went on a strike in Rameshwaram on Saturday condemning the arrests of 14 Tamil Nadu fishermen by the Sri Lankan Navy and the seizure of their boats. MORE..
7 Dec 2024 (11:55 PM)
The Department of Census and Statistics has assured the public that there is no cause for concern in providing information to enumerators conducting the ongoing Population and Housing Census 2024. MORE..
8 Dec 2024 (1:59 PM)
The owner of New Rathna Rice Mill, Lankeshwara Mithrapala, has invited Trade Minister Wasantha Samarasinghe to personally inspect the company s rice production facilities in the wake of the minister s statement in Parliament yesterday (6) accusing large-scale rice millers of stockpiling. MORE..
7 Dec 2024 (5:06 PM)
The Department of Meteorology says the low-pressure area, formed over southeast Bay of Bengal, is likely to intensify further and move west-northwestwards during the next 24 hours. MORE..
8 Dec 2024 (10:18 AM)