Navy detains foreign vessel with large stock of heroin

Arjuna Ranatunga resigns from the UNP

Former Minister and world cup winning captain, Arjuna Ranatunga, has resigned from the United National Party (UNP). Ranatunga has informed UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe about his decision to leave the party. The former Minister said that he had decided to leave the party as the party was not showing signs of making real change. Ranatunga lost the last Parliamentary Election as a result of which he did not secure a seat in Parliament. Following the loss at the election Ranatung was hardly i

29 Nov, 2021

SJB protest leads to chaos in Colombo

A protest led by the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) created chaos on the streets of Colombo today. The protest was staged against the Government and was conducted on the main road at Galle Face. Ahead of the protest the Police had closed most public parking spaces in Colombo to prevent vehicles used by the protesters from being parked at those locations. Severe traffic congestion was seen on the streets near the Opposition Leader’s Office and on the Galle Road during the protest. The protest a

16 Nov, 2021

QR code payment system at expressways

The QR code payment system is to be introduced at expressways in Sri Lanka, the Government announced today. The Government is to work with all licensed financial institutions in the endeavour of promoting and encouraging the LANKAQR payment methodology with the objective of minimizing the use of currency physically within Sri Lanka. As part of the initiative, it has been proposed to introduce the LANKAQR methodology for manual paying counters at expressways managed by the Road Development Auth

24 Nov, 2021