Noting that Sri Lanka is losing a big chunk of foreign exchange due to the illegal importation of mobile phones into the country, State Minister of Finance Ranjith Siyambalapitiya stressed that the Ministry of Finance will take immediate measures to prevent it.

Gazette notices have been issued confirming the holding of Local Government (LG) elections in the respective local authorities on March 9, 2023.

Former speaker Karu Jayasuriya is to be conferred with the honorary title ‘Sri Lankabhimanya’ in recognition of his services to the country.

IUSF convener Wasantha Mudalige has been released from one case filed against him under the PTA.

Former president Maithripala Sirisena said today (31) that he would be the SLFP’s candidate at the next presidential election.

A police request for an order to prevent an agitation planned by university students in front of the Colombo magistrate’s court has been turned down.

Incumbent Ranil Wickremesinghe will contest the next presidential election, said his party.

A poster campaign in the northern and eastern towns urges a boycott of the 75th Independence Day celebrations.

Thambirasa Selvarani who leads a group of relatives of missing persons in Ampara was summoned to appear before courts today (31).

SLTV of Channel 31 in Victoria, Australia is now carrying the second episode of a documentary on Sri Lanka’s ‘Muhudu Weddo’, the coastal indigenous community.