Sri Lanka, April 7 -- Badulla District MP Chamara Sampath Dassanayake has been further remanded until April 21 by the Badulla Magistrate's Court. He was ordered to be remanded over the incident of al... Read More
Sri Lanka, April 7 -- A leading liquor store chain owner cum hotelier had been booked by the Department of Excise yesterday for promoting booze sales through Facebook by using attractive discounts, th... Read More
Colombo, April 7 -- Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) MP Namal Rajapaksa arrived at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) this morning. Last week, the CID informed the Colombo Chief Magistrate... Read More
Colombo, April 7 -- Sri Lanka Customs in a major enforcement operation has seized a large quantity of foreign cigarettes smuggled into the country by several local passengers. The officers attached t... Read More
Colombo, April 7 -- While several parts of the island are expected to experience heavy rainfall above100 mm, the sun is also currently passing directly overhead in several areas. According to the Dep... Read More
Sri Lanka, April 7 -- Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) MP Namal Rajapaksa who arrived at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), left the premises a short while ago after recording a statement ... Read More
Colombo, April 7 -- Presenting the Annual Economic Review for 2024 (AER 2024) to President and Minister of Finance, Anura Kumara Disanayake, Governor of the Central Bank Dr. P. Nandalal Weerasinghe hi... Read More
Colombo, April 7 -- A man was arrested by wildlife officers from the Vavuniya Wildlife Zone and the Mannar site for possessing one kilogram of sea cow (Dugong dugon) flesh. The arrest followed inform... Read More
Colombo, April 5 -- One of the three main revenue-generating arms of the country and the competent authority regulating the liquor industry, the Excise Department of Sri Lanka has earned a record reve... Read More
Sri Lanka, April 5 -- The Colombo Rubber Traders Association (CRTA) joined the bandwagon in expressing deep concern about the recent imposition of a 44 percent blanket tariff by the United States on a... Read More