The no-faith motion on Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena is to be handed over tomorrow, SJB MP Tissa Attanayake said today. "We also intend to obtain a date for the debate on the motion tomorrow itself," he told the media.

Hundreds of fisherfolk from the North staged a protest yesterday (3) in international waters of the Sri Lanka-India territorial sea. They were protesting against Indian fisherfolk intruding into the Northern sea boundary and depleting fish stocks.

The Public Utilities Commission said that the electricity tariff will be reduced by 21.9 percent. While addressing the media they said for the electricity consumers using less than 30 units, the current amount of Rs.12 per unit will be reduced to Rs. 8. Also, the electricity tariff for consumers using between 60 and 90 units will be reduced by 30 percent.

Public Security Minister Tiran Alles said yesterday that Russians and Ukrainians who have been in Sri Lanka since February 2022 will need to apply for a visa or leave the country.

Governor of the Uva Province A.J.M. Muzammil today said his son Mohammad Isham Jamaldeen will not evade arrest but will present himself before police tomorrow.

Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) leader Sajith Premadasa and its office bearers are expecting to raise objections against the plaint filed by Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka.

Two years ago, tens of thousands of Sri Lankans took to the streets demanding deep democratic reforms and accountability for economic mismanagement and corruption, which resulted in the most severe socio-economic crisis in a generation. There was great hope that the country would embark upon a long overdue transformation that would benefit all its communities.

In February 2024, Sri Lanka recorded a total of 218,350 tourist arrivals, marking the third consecutive month with over 200,000 arrivals, Minister of Tourism Harin Fernando has revealed.

Minister of Agriculture Mahinda Amaraweera stated that although the cost for producing an egg in Sri Lanka is Rs. 30, the price of a local egg in the market has risen to Rs. 60.

The Russian Naval Ship Varyag this morning (01st March 2024) arrived at the port of Colombo on a formal visit. The ship was welcomed by the Sri Lanka Navy in accordance with naval tradition.

The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) announced that the Sapugaskanda refinery is to go for a planned shutdown for a statutory major turnaround after three years of operations.

The temperature felt on the human body is expected to increase up to ‘caution level’ at some places in Northwestern, Western, Southern and Sabaragamuwa Provinces and in Mannar District, according to the Department of Meteorology.

The agreement for the development of a Hybrid Renewable Energy system in three (03) Islands in Jaffna was signed today, Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera announced.

Despite decreasing fuel prices in the world market and the appreciation of the Sri Lankan rupee against the US dollar, fuel prices in Sri Lanka will not be revised for this month.

The re-evaluation results of the 2023 Grade 5 scholarship examination have been released by the Examinations Department and candidates have been given the opportunity to apply based on the revised scores, the Education Ministrty said.

Even though the gas prices in the world market fluctuate, Litro Gas Lanka Ltd. has decided not to effect a price revision for this month. Litro Gas Lanka Chairman Muditha Peiris told the Daily Mirror that the company has decided to continue the gas prices announced for February for this month as well.

In the midst of ongoing discussions surrounding potential electoral alliances among political parties, a notable contingent of MPs from both the government and opposition camps have reportedly expressed a strong inclination towards advocating for a General Election to precede the scheduled presidential ballot, Daily Mirror learns.

Retired Lieutenant Colonel Rathnapriya Bandu has extended his support to the main Opposition, Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB). He expressed his support after meeting Opposition and SJB Leader MP Sajith Premadasa today (Mar 01).

Brampton city council has approved the final design for the Tamil Genocide Memorial, a monument the city promised three years ago that it would build.

The Sri Lanka Navy signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration yesterday (28). The MoU was signed in the presence of the U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Julie Chung and the Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy, Vice Admiral Priyantha Perera.

The Supreme Court today issued a rule for the removal of Nagananda Kodituwakku from the position of an Attorney-at-Law after he was found guilty of professional misconduct.

China is reported to have expressed its dissatisfaction to Sri Lanka over the decision to bar Chinese research vessels from carrying out any study in the country’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) for one year starting from January 3, 2024.

A Fundamental Rights (FR) petition was filed today (29) on behalf of former Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella, who is currently in remand custody.

The newly appointed Inspector General of Police, T. M. W. Deshabandu Tennakoon met with President Ranil Wickremesinghe at the Presidential Secretariat today(29).

Santhan alias T Suthendiraraja, a Sri Lankan national who was one of the six convicts released in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, died on Wednesday morning at the Rajiv Gandhi Government Hospital (RGGH) in Chennai.

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ali Sabry urged the members of the UN Human Rights Council not to allow short-term political gains or “domestic vote bank politics” to overtake the work of the Council, when addressing the High-Level segment of the 55th Session of the Council through a pre-recorded video statement on 27 February 2024.

In response to soaring atmospheric temperatures, the Education Ministry has issued a directive to all school authorities urging them to suspend strenuous outdoor activities for students till Friday (March 01).

National People’s Power (NPP) leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake will travel to Canada next month to address Sri Lankans living there and to meet with some Canadian politicians, the Daily Mirror learns. He will address a meeting in Toronto on March 23. Earlier, he visited Austrailia, the United States and India.