An uninterrupted power supply will be provided for the entire country with effect from today, Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera announced today.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe has directed Power and Energy Minister and relevant officials to ensure uninterrupted power supply for electricity customers, the President's Media Division said.

Contradicting with the earlier plans to handover the East Container Terminal (ECT) to Japan, Ports, Shipping and Aviation Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva hinted that the government plans to retain the control of the ECT of the Port of Colombo while inviting the private sector to invest in the proposed Colombo North Port development project.

The match fees of the National Women’s Players for the year 2023 had been increased with effect from January 1, the Sri Lanka Cricket said.

The National People's Power today said that the finances for its election campaigns would be made transparent soon following rising queries from the government and opposition MPs as to how it was pulling in so much funds.

Sri Lanka’ is now resorting to spot purchasing of coal as the last resort to purchase required coal for the October 2022/April 2023 unloading season energy ministry sources said.

A Hong Kong-based company, Grand Gain Industrial Ltd. (GG), specialized in the development, manufacturing and sale of polyurethane foam cups for the bra industry, has invested US$ 3.5 million in the recently declared open BOI-approved fully-fledged bra cups manufacturing facility in Rambukkana.

Recent tremors in Moneragala could be a worrying factor if it repeats and if the magnitude is increased, a leading Geologist in the country said today.

The bodies of a teacher and three students who were missing after a boat they were in capsized on a lake at Kokkadichcholai in Batticaloa, were found today.