Bread price to be reduced by Rs.5

Price of a 450g loaf of bread would be reduced by Rs.5.00 with effect from tomorrow midnight (26), All Ceylon Bakery Owner’s Association (ACBOA) announced a short while ago.

SLFA deploys helicopter to douse fire at Rajagiriya

The Sri Lanka Air Force had deployed a Bell-212 helicopter to douse a fire that has erupted on a block of marshy land close to Rajagiriya a short while ago.

Man shot dead in Horana

A 32-year-old man was killed when he was shot at by two unidentified gunmen arrived on a motorcycle at Ilimba in Horana last night.

They all will come under UNP alliance: Sajith

Refuting reports that claimed the Tamil National Alliance (TNA), the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC), and the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) were exploring the possibility of forming an alliance to contest at the upcoming General Elections, Leader of Opposition Sajith Premadasa yesterday said all these parties would end up joining the UNP-led Samagi Jana Balawegaya.

Elephant, Swan or any symbol: Akila

The UNP-led alliance would settle issues this week pertaining to the symbol under which it would contest the upcoming General Elections, party General Secretary Akila Viraj Kariyawasm said today.

Galle Road closed due to protest

The Galle Road, Colombo has been closed due to a protest carried out by the employees of the Housing Development Authority outside the Presidential Secretariat, police said.

Katunayake Expressway closed until further notice due to smoke

The Colombo- Katunayake Expressway (E-03) has been closed until further notice due to a smoke emitting from a garbage dumping site at Seeduwa, Police said.

Establishing separate Urban Council for Sainthamaruthu: Gazette Notice suspended

The Gazette notification to establish a separate Urban Council for Sainthamaruthu has become invalid following the Cabinet decision not to proceed with the Gazette right now, Co-Cabinet Spokesman Bandula Gunawardena said.

Daya-Navin demand ‘elephant’ for Digamadulla, N’ Eliya

At the UNP Working Committee meeting held yesterday, MPs Daya Gamage and Navin Dissanayake insisted that they be granted permission to contest their respective districts under the elephant symbol while MP Ruwan Wijewardene empathised on contesting all districts under that symbol.

Clerics on tourist visas propagated extremism among Muslim youth: Police

Investigations carried out by Police over the Easter Sunday attacks had revealed that certain persons on tourist visas pretending to be clerics, had propagated radicalised extremist ideology among innocent Muslim youth in rural areas, DIG (Traffic) Ajith Rohana said at a media briefing yesterday.

No slang in latest phone recordings tabled in Parliament: Ranjan

UNP MP Ranjan Ramanayake today said none of his phone recordings/conversations tabled contain unparliamentary language.

Dog attacked with machete, discharged after treatment

A pet dog that had been attacked with a machete in Kuliyapitiya had been treated and was discharged by the Kurunegala Veterinary Hospital after a four hour surgery today.

Recovered Chinese coronavirus patient leaves SL

The Chinese woman who was hospitalised after being tested positive for the new coronavirus has left for China this evening after being discharged from the Infectious Diseases Hospital (IDH), Angoda.

Chinese Coronavirus patient discharged

The female Chinese Coronavirus patient, who has been receiving treatments at the Infectious Diseases Hospital (IDH), Angoda was discharged a short while ago.

Establish a laboratory to check quality of drugs: GMOA

The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) yesterday suggested establishing a laboratory which has the capability to check the quality of the drugs imported into the country.

Recordings contain mostly filth

Speaker Karu Jayasuriya yesterday informed Parliament that he would have to reconsider handing over recordings of MP Ranjan Ramanayake to parliament MPs as the recordings contained mostly filth.

Will look into any lapse by CID officials in Udayanga’s case: Chamal

Defence State Minister Chamal Rajapakse said yesterday he would look into whether there had been any overlook on the part of the CID officials who were investigating the complaints involving Udayanga Weeratunge.

US violated Army Commander’s rights by refusing entry visa: Dayasiri

SLFP General Secretary and State Minister Dayasiri Jayasekara today claimed that it was the US which had violated the fundamental rights of Army Commander Lt. General Shavendra Silva and his family by refusing them visas to enter the US without any substantial evidence of war crimes or any other offence.

Cannot be satisfied with ongoing Easter Sunday Attack investigations: Cardinal

Archbishop of Colombo, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith today said that Catholics cannot be satisfied with the ongoing investigation carried out by the government over the Easter Sunday bomb attack.

UNP alliance to contest under swan symbol

The two factions of the United National Party (UNP) decided to contest the general elections under the swan symbol, a party official said today. The decision was arrived at a meeting attended by UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe and Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa.

SLFP will accept Chandrika if returns: Dayasiri

Former president Chandrika Kumaratunga is welcome to the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) or to the proposed SLFP-SLPP alliance at any time though she has been removed from the post of SLFP organizer of the Attanagalla electorate, SLFP General Secretary Dayasiri Jayasekara said today.

President to visit Japan

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is scheduled to visit Japan in May and participate at the global conference “The future of Asia” by becoming one of the first leaders from South Asia to bring fresh insight to the conference, the President’s Media Division said.

It’s a joke that US calling Shavendra Silva war criminal: Gammanpila

It is, in fact, a joke that US has banned Army Commander Shavendra Silva from entering the US based on the allegations concerning the war crimes, with the US being the number one war criminal in the world, Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) Leader Udaya Gammanpila said yesterday.

Sri Lankans should stop applying for US Visa: MP Marikar

UNP MP S. M Marikar yesterday said Sri Lankans should stop applying for US visa till the Army Commander Shavindra Silva is allowed entry into that country.

Govt. medical centres to go online soon: Dilum Amunugama

State Minister of Transport, Dilum Amunugama said today that instructions had been given to integrating all government medical centres into an online system for people to get their medical reports.

Preliminary report on MCC presented to President

The preliminary report of the four-member Committee appointed to review the proposed Millennium Challenge Corporation Compact (MCC) was handed over to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat today.

SLPP, SLFP to contest polls from Sri Lanka Nidahas Podujana Sandanaya

The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) and Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) today requested the Elections Commission (EC) to register their new alliance ‘Sri Lanka Nidhahas Podujana Sandhanaya’ to contest the upcoming elections under the lotus bud (Pohottuwa) symbol.

Udayanga Weeratunga further remanded

Former Sri Lanka Ambassador to Russia, Udayanga Weeratunga, was further remanded until February 26 by the Colombo Fort Magistrate Court today.

Udayanga Weeratunga remanded until Feb.17

Former Sri Lanka Ambassador to Russia, Udayanga Weeratunga, was remanded until February 17 by the Fort Magistrate Court Ranga Dissanayake today.

UNP invites SLFP to join their new alliance

The United National Party (UNP) extends an invitation to the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) to join the new alliance led by Sajith Premadasa and contest the upcoming parliamentary elections, UNP MP Harshana Rajakaruna said yesterday.