Central Bank says that the number of new vehicle registrations during 2017 decreased by 8.4 percent to 451,653, following a decline of 26.2 percent in the previous year.The decline was mainly witnessed in three-wheelers, dual-purpose vehicles and motor cars, while the registration of buses and goods transport vehicles increased during the year. The reduction in motor vehicle registration during the year cou ...

The government has decided to suspend issuing visas for tourists from Myanmar following fears that Rohingya Muslims may attempt to enter Sri Lanka to seek refuge. Minister of Internal Affairs S. B. Navinna told The Sunday Leaderthat the decision to suspend issuing visas to Myanmar nationals was taken as a result of the crisis in that country. He said that Rohingya Muslims may visit Sri Lanka as tourists and ...

Minister Dr Rajitha Senaratne says that the Cabinet of Ministers has discussed the possibility of appointing Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka to a top defence-related position to work alongside the country’s security forces. Addressing the cabinet press briefing today (26), he said that attention was drawn to appointing Fonseka to this position mainly with the intention of building discipline in several sectors ...

Nashville, TN | An 87-year-old former postman has been proven to have fathered over 1,300 illegitimate children after a private investigator hired by a Tennessee family discovered the shocking truth. The investigation that has gathered thousands of DNA samples and testimonies over a 15-year period ultimately proves the man is the father to literally thousands of illegitimate children in the region. “Contrac ...

The court of appeal held that medical students graduating from SAITM private university in Malabe have the right to register with the Sri Lanka Medical Council. The decision was made by Court of Appeal president Justice Vijith Mallalgoda and Justice S. Thurairajah, after considering a writ filed by a graduating student Malsha Suriarachchi in 2015. ...

With the decks seem to be getting cleared for the bull taming festival of Jallikattu in neighbouring Tamil Nadu, there is a growing chorus for organising Kambala, a traditional annual buffalo race in marshy fields, held in the coastal districts of Karnataka. Spurred by the Jallikattu agitation in Tamil Nadu, Kambala committees have decided to meet in Mangaluru on Sunday to strategise their agitation. "By co ...

Ex-president Mahinda Rajapaksa will field former mayor and special municipal commissioner Omar Kamil as his candidate for the Colombo municipal council at the upcoming local government elections, according to reports reaching Lanka News Web. Discussions have taken place to field him under Mahinda’s Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (flower bud symbol), but president Maithripala Sirisena has agreed that he should ...

The Joint Opposition says that it will field a common candidate for the Presidential election in 2020. MP Prasanna Ranatunga stated this to the media after visiting NFF leader MP Wimal Weerawansa who is currently in remand prison. Meanwhile, a group of members of Mahajana Eksath Peramuna led by its leader MP Dinesh Gunawardana also visited MP Weerawansa at Welikada prison today. After a visit to Weerawansa, ...

fine of QR300 will be imposed on the vehicles which are found to be parked illegally at the mosque’s parking space during non-prayer hours. This step is taken to penalize the violators who do not respect the rights of the worshippers. Further implementation of this rule will avoid misuse of mosque’s parking space during off prayer time said the General Directorate of Traffic in a joint effort with the Minis ...

Qatari Wissam Al Mana and American pop star Janet Jackson have become the proud parents of a baby boy named Eissa, according to their publicist. It is Janet jackson’s first child, at the age of 50. “Janet Jackson and husband Wissam Al Mana are thrilled to welcome their new son Eissa Al Mana into the world,” the singer's representative said in a statement. “Janet had a stress-free, healthy delivery and is re ...