shary: 27/09/24 - 18:01:32 Latest Sri Lanka News Headline
Priyantha Weerasooriya
appointed Acting IGP
27 Sep 2024, 5:01 pm
Senior DIG Priyantha
Weerasooriya has
been appointed as
the Acting Inspector General of
Police GP). MORE..
Kamindu Mendis becomes joint-
third fastest to 1000 Test runs,
goes level with Don Bradman
27 Sep 2024, 4:37 pm
Sri Lanka s Kamindu
Mendis became the
joint-third fastest
player to reach 1000 Test runs
during the second Test against
New Zealand on Friday. MORE..
Police officers assigned for
security of ex-MPs recalled
27 Sep 2024, 3:00 pm
Sri Lanka Police said
that all police
personnel assigned
to provide security to former
Parliamentarians have been
recalled from today, except
those providing security to the
former Speaker, former Deputy
Speaker and former Opposition
Leader. MORE..
Japan expresses commitment to
supporting new govt s anti-
corruption program
27 Sep 2024, 2:51 pm
The Japanese
Ambassador to Sri
Lanka, Mizukoshi
Hideaki, has affirmed that the
Japanese government is
committed to fully supporting
efforts to combat corruption
and irregularities, a key priority
of President Anura Kumara
Dissanayake s administration.
MORE..
Over 38,000 dengue cases
reported so far in 2024
27 Sep 2024, 2:25 pm
The National Dengue
Control Unit (NDCU)
states that the
number of dengue cases
reported in the country has
exceeded 38,000 so far this
year. MORE..
Imthiaz Bakeer Markar
appointed SJB Chairman
27 Sep 2024, 12:19 pm
Former SJB
parliamentarian
Imthiaz Bakeer
Markar has been appointed as
the new Chairman of the Samagi
Jana Balawegaya (SJB). MORE..
President orders reopening of
two roads near President s
House
27 Sep 2024, 12:00 pm
President Anura
Kumara Dissanayake
has ordered the
reopening of roads around the
President s House in Colombo
Fort, which had previously been
closed due to roadblocks. MORE..
Acting IGP to be appointed
today?
27 Sep 2024, 11:46 am
An Acting Inspector
General of Police
GP) will likely be
appointed today (27), according
to utive Member of the
National People s Power (NPP),
Attorney-at-Law Sunil Watagala.
MORE..
AG to file contempt charges
against ex-SDIG Nilantha
Jayawardana
27 Sep 2024, 10:55 am
The Attorney General
today informed the
Supreme Court that
contempt of court charges will
be filed against former Senior
DIG and head of the State
Intelligence Service (SIS),
Nilantha Jayawardana, for
failing to pay the Rs. 75 million
in compensation for the Easter
Sunday bomb victims as ordered
by the court. MORE..
Joe Biden congratulates Sri
Lanka s new President
27 Sep 2024, 10:36 am
US President Joe
Biden has
congratulated Sri
Lanka s new President Anura
Kumara Dissanayake on his
election to office. MORE..
New York Mayor Eric Adams
charged in Turkey bribery, fraud
scheme
27 Sep 2024, 10:12 am
U.S. prosecutors on
Thursday charged
New York City Mayor
Eric Adams with accepting illegal
campaign contributions and
luxury travel from Turkish
nationals seeking to influence
him, capping an investigation
that has sent the largest U.S.
city s government into turmoil.
MORE..
Govt. to allocate more funds for
education - PM Harini
27 Sep 2024, 9:59 am
The newly appointed
Prime Minister, Dr.
Harini Amarasuriya,
stated that the government
has decided to allocate more
funding for education. MORE..
Three arrested with firearms in
separate police raids
27 Sep 2024, 9:05 am
Police reported that
three individuals in
possession of a T-56
assault rifle and two locally
made firearms were arrested
yesterday (26) along with the
weapons. MORE..
Sri Lanka s official reserves
reach USD 6 billion
27 Sep 2024, 8:56 am
The Central Bank of
Sri Lanka (CBS says
it purchased a
significant amount of foreign
exchange from the domestic
market to bolster the Gross
Official Reserves (GOR). MORE..
Central Bank maintains policy
interest rates
27 Sep 2024, 7:52 am
The Monetary Policy
Board of the Central
Bank of Sri Lanka
(CBS has decided to maintain
the Standing Deposit Facility
Rate (SDFR) and the Standing
Lending Facility Rate (SLFR) of
the Central Bank at their
current levels of 8.25 per cent
and 9.25 per cent, respectively.
MORE..
Showery conditions expected to
enhance from today
27 Sep 2024, 7:29 am
Due to the
development of a
low-level atmospheric
disturbance in the vicinity of Sri
Lanka, showery conditions are
expected to enhance during the
next few days starting today
(27), the Meteorology
Department says. MORE..
Dilith reveals plans to form
major alliance for parliamentary
polls
26 Sep 2024, 10:46 pm
Mawbima Janatha
Party (MJP) leader
and entrepreneur,
Dilith Jayaweera, announced
plans to form a major political
alliance ahead of the upcoming
general elections. MORE..
CID to probe misuse of state-
owned vehicles by previous
govt
26 Sep 2024, 10:17 pm
President Anura
Kumara Dissanayake
has directed relevant
officials to allocate the luxury
vehicles used by previous
governments exclusively for
essential services, according to
the President s Private
Secretary, Ananda Wijepala.
MORE..
Govt. reinstates previous visa
issuing system
26 Sep 2024, 8:37 pm
The new Government
of Sri Lanka has
officially reinstated
the previous visa issuing
system, effective from 12.00
midnight today, according to the
Presidential Media Division
(PMD). MORE..
Saliya Wickramasuriya resigns
as CPC and CPSTL chairman
26 Sep 2024, 7:10 pm
Saliya
Wickramasuriya has
resigned from his
position as the Chairman of
Ceylon Petroleum Corporation
(CPC) and the Ceylon Petroleum
Storage Terminals Ltd. (CPST.
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