The overall rate of inflation as measured by the Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI) on year-on-year (y-o-y) basis increased to 1.5% in April 2024, the Department of Census Statistics (DCS) says. MORE..

30 Apr 2024 (6:52 PM)

The Supreme Court has issued an interim stay order on the President and the Constitutional Council, preventing them from nominating judges to the Supreme Court, except as Chief Justice. MORE..

30 Apr 2024 (6:36 PM)

The Department of Meteorology has issued an advisory for severe lightning in several provinces and districts. MORE..

30 Apr 2024 (5:21 PM)

The Gampaha High Court the Trial-at-Bar has deferred delivering the verdict in the case against a Brigadier and three soldiers of the Sri Lanka Army over the shooting to death of three persons and injuring several others during a protest by villagers demanding clean drinking water at Rathupaswala, Gampaha. MORE..

30 Apr 2024 (5:16 PM)

A "man with a sword" has been arrested after reports several people have been stabbed, including two police officers, near a Tube station. MORE..

30 Apr 2024 (4:34 PM)

The government plans to designate 49 more destinations as official tourist zones, says State Minister Diana Gamage. MORE..

30 Apr 2024 (3:35 PM)