Derana News 12.30 - 2020.03.10

A long-awaited loan agreement between Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will be signed once a few remaining points, including a proposed fuel pricing scheme, are settled, an IMF official said on Friday. MORE..

25 Mar 2023 (1:16 PM)

Train services were delayed on the Colombo-Batticaloa line today (March 25) after a group of villagers staged a protest blocking the tracks at the Swiss Village in Batticaloa. MORE..

25 Mar 2023 (7:00 PM)

Police have seized eight motorcycles with high engine capacity in the Rattanapitiya area in Boralesgamuwa. MORE..

25 Mar 2023 (8:07 PM)

Showers or thundershowers are expected in parts of Western, Sabaragamuwa, Uva, North Central and North-Western provinces and in Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya, Mannar, Galle and Matara districts in the afternoon or at night, the Department of Meteorology says. MORE..

25 Mar 2023 (9:04 AM)

A suspected associate of infamous drug-lord Salindu Malshika, alias Kudu Salindu , was arrested in the Panadura area last night (24 March), while transporting over 10 kilograms of Kerala cannabis. MORE..

25 Mar 2023 (10:57 PM)

Senior Advisor to the President on National Security and Chief of the Presidential Staff, Sagala Ratnayake, has assured that the Government has no intention of dissolving the Civil Service Department (CSD). MORE..

25 Mar 2023 (9:42 PM)