Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake will appoint a new Prime Minister and the Cabinet on Monday (Nov. 18) after his National People s Power (NPP) secured a record-breaking victory in the snap general election, the party s senior spokesman Tilvin Silva said. MORE..
16 Nov 2024 (3:49 PM)
A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), led by the Senior Mission Chief for Sri Lanka Peter Breuer, will be in Colombo from November 17 to 23. MORE..
17 Nov 2024 (11:49 AM)
The Department of Railways has announced that special train services will be in operation today (17) and tomorrow (18), for the commuters returning to work after the 2024 General Election leave and the long weekend. MORE..
17 Nov 2024 (12:45 PM)
The Cabinet Ministers of the new government will be sworn in before President Anura Kumara Dissanayake at 10.00 a.m. tomorrow (Nov. 18) at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo, the President s Media Division (PMD) said. MORE..
17 Nov 2024 (12:03 PM)
The Commissioner General of Elections Saman Sri Rathnayake states that there has been a significant reduction by 10% of the voter turnout in 2024 General Election, in comparison with Sri Lanka s Presidential Election which was held in September 21. MORE..
16 Nov 2024 (7:29 PM)
An accomplice of the notorious underworld criminal figure and large-scale drug trafficker infamously known as "Badowita Asanka" has been arrested by the Police Special Task Force (STF) along with a stock of heroin. MORE..
17 Nov 2024 (2:52 PM)