The World Bank and the Government of Sri Lanka today signed the Second Resilience, Stability, and Economic Turnaround (RESET) Development Policy Operation (DPO) for $200 million. This is the second operation in a two-part series that began in 2022. The first operation, totaling $500 million, was disbursed in June and December 2023. MORE..
7 Oct 2024 (2:09 PM)
The Department of Meteorology announces that the Colombo District has received the highest rainfall within the period from 08.30 a.m. on Sunday (06) to 07.00 a.m. today (07). The amount of rainfall received by Colombo within this period is 162.5mm. MORE..
7 Oct 2024 (12:36 PM)
Police have arrested the suspected shooter in the killing of a 55-year-old businessman who was shot dead in the Neluwattuduwa area of Hanwella on September 30, allegedly due to a dispute over failure to pay ransom. MORE..
7 Oct 2024 (5:18 PM)
Sri Lanka Police Media Spokesperson, Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Nihal Thalduwa stated that the police personnel assigned to former President Ranil Wickremesinghe s security have not been recalled. MORE..
7 Oct 2024 (11:08 PM)
The Legal Counsel of former Director of the State Intelligence Service (SIS) Nilantha Jayawardena has informed the Supreme Court that the arrears of the compensation his client was ordered to pay pertaining to the Easter Sunday attacks will be settled and the relevant documentation will be submitted to the court later today (07). MORE..
7 Oct 2024 (1:07 PM)
The Director General of the Commission to Investigate Allegations against Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) Kanishka Wijeratne today (07) gave undertaking to the Supreme Court to resign from office. MORE..
7 Oct 2024 (7:36 PM)