The Sri Lankan Report

The new Cabinet of Ministers of the National People s Power (NPP) government were sworn in before President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, a short while ago. MORE..

The representatives of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), who arrived in Sri Lanka on Sunday (17) led by Senior Mission Chief Peter Breuer, are set to meet with officials from the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) today (18). MORE..

The Election Commission is scheduled to reconvene a meeting on November 27 to deliberate on matters concerning the Local Government and Provincial Council elections. MORE..

The Cabinet Ministers of the new government are scheduled to be sworn in before President Anura Kumara Dissanayake at 10.00 a.m. today (Nov. 18) at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo. MORE..

President Joe Biden has authorized Ukraine to use U.S.-supplied long-range missiles to strike deeper inside Russia, easing limitations on the weapons as Russia deploys thousands of North Korean troops to reinforce its war, according to a U.S. official and three other people familiar with the matter. MORE..

The Meteorology Department says showers will occur at times in the Northern and Eastern provinces, and fairly heavy showers about 50 mm are likely at some places. MORE..

A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), led by its Senior Mission Chief for Sri Lanka Peter Breuer, has arrived in Sri Lanka this evening (17). MORE..

India has successfully tested a domestically developed long-range hypersonic missile, it said on Sunday, attaining a key milestone in military development that puts it in a small group of nations possessing the advanced technology. MORE..

Police have arrested four suspects in connection with an abduction incident based on information provided by a private informan during a nighttime patrol in the Mattakkuliya area last night (16). MORE..

The names nominated to enter the Parliament through the National Lists of the National People s Power (NPP) and the Sarvajana Balaya alliance, have been gazetted. MORE..

The 2024 parliamentary election has marked a historic shift in Sri Lanka s legislature, with nearly 150 out of the 196 elected Members of Parliament (MPs) being newcomers. MORE..

The Ilankai Thamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) has nominated its General Secretary Dr. P. Sathiyalingam to enter the Parliament as the party s National List MP. MORE..

The National People s Power (NPP) has announced the names nominated to fill the 18 National List MP seats won by the party in the 2024 parliamentary election. MORE..

The Sarvajana Balaya alliance has decided to nominate the leader of the alliance and Gampaha District parliamentary candidate Dilith Jayaweera as an MP through the party s National List, the General Secretary of Sarvajana Balaya Ranjan Seneviratne said. MORE..

An accomplice of the notorious underworld criminal figure and large-scale drug trafficker infamously known as “Badowita Asanka” has been arrested by the Police Special Task Force (STF) along with a stock of heroin. MORE..

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has pledged to work with incoming President Donald Trump in his final meeting with current US leader Joe Biden. MORE..

The Department of Railways has announced that special train services will be in operation today (17) and tomorrow (18), for the commuters returning to work after the 2024 General Election leave and the long weekend. MORE..

The Cabinet Ministers of the new government will be sworn in before President Anura Kumara Dissanayake at 10.00 a.m. tomorrow (Nov. 18) at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo, the President s Media Division (PMD) said. MORE..

A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), led by the Senior Mission Chief for Sri Lanka Peter Breuer, will be in Colombo from November 17 to 23. MORE..