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By Akitha Perera Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP S.M. Marikkar on Thursday said that he supported the government’s decision to liberalise the petroleum sector and that the state should not be involved in business. Marikkar added that most Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) workers were idling and that they got paid for not doing any work. […]
- No fuel shortage in the country - CPC (Category: Breaking News)
- State Minister calls for full forensic audit of CPC (Category: Breaking News)
- CPC saved USD 300M in foreign exchange last year Chairman (Category: Breaking News)
- CPC saved USD 300M in foreign exchange last year Chairman (Category: Breaking News)
by Pradeep Prasanna Samarakoon Attempts by President Ranil Wickremesinghe and Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera to scare the striking Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) workers into submission have demonstrated their determination to suppress the people’s rights and freedoms, President of the Public Progressive Workers’ Association, Bandula Saman Kumara says. The government ha...
- Armed soldiers forcing CPC employees to act against their will – Unions (Category: Breaking News)
- Unions accuse govt. of violating workers’ fundamental rights (Category: Breaking News)
- CPC leaves shed owners in limbo (Category: Breaking News)
- CPC trade unions want MR to undo what Kanchana did (Category: Breaking News)
After the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a 48-month extended arrangement under the Extended Fund Facility of USD 3 billion to support Sri Lanka’s economic policies and reforms, there are talks that the deal between President Ranil Wickremesinghe and IMF may make room for pro-China forces to raise their head in the island nation, reported […]
- IMF working with a government without a mandate – Handunnetti (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF programme in SL showing signs of working – Breuer (Category: Breaking News)
- India’s response to debt restructuring request expected by Jan end: SL (Category: Breaking News)
- PM begins talks with visiting IMF team in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
On March 30, Nalin Fernando, Minister of Trade, Commerce and Food Security in Colombo was presented the new Electronic Certificate of Origin (eCoO) system by the International Trade Centre (ITC) team, led by Ms. Raghad Altalli, Programme Manager and Trade Facilitation Advisor. The new eCoO system, implemented by the Department of Commerce (DoC), is a […]
- Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin to visit Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Parliament facing shortage of eggs (Category: Breaking News)
- Thailand and Sri Lanka complete 4th round of FTA talks (Category: Breaking News)
- It has been possible to control the rise in the price of essential food items - Minister of Tra... (Category: Breaking News)
France and Sri Lanka today signed a 300,000 EUR grant agreement supporting improved monitoring and reporting of air quality in Sri Lanka. The agreement was signed between the country director of the French Development Agency (AFD) M. Reda SOUIRGI and Dr. Anil Jasinghe, Secretary to the Ministry of Environment in Sri Lanka in presence of […]
- Sri Lanka s air quality reaches unhealthy level (Category: Breaking News)
- Air quality in Sri Lanka improves (Category: Breaking News)
- US, Australia gave Sri Lanka Air Force, Navy fuel during shortage (Category: Breaking News)
- Environmental Authority of Sri Lanka to monitor air quality to control air pollution (Category: Breaking News)
Human Rights Watch (HRW) fears the International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan granted to Sri Lanka could erode rights in the country. The global human rights group said that the Government of Sri Lanka should ensure that policies to enhance revenues do not further erode economic and social rights and that anti-corruption reforms provide accountability. On […]
- HRW says economic crisis puts rights in Sri Lanka in peril (Category: Breaking News)
- Rights group accuses Sri Lanka of cracking down on dissent (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil urged to end use of counter terror laws on protesters (Category: Breaking News)
- Ongoing abuses undermining proposed TRC goals in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
President Ranil Wickremesinghe said that it is crucial for students in the country to have comprehensive knowledge of modern technology and continually update themselves with the latest advancements to prepare for the future.The post Students should be equipped with modern technology to take over the country by 2048 appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA New...
- Students should be equipped with modern technology to take over the country by 2048 – President (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President says No one will be allowed to directly or indirectly disrupt education system (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President says Let 2048 be the year of development for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President Ranil delivers Government’s policy statement in Parliament (Category: Breaking News)
An open letter to President Ranil Wickremesinghe Recent articles in the local press have publicised the government plans for introduction of nuclear power plants to Sri Lanka with Russian support. A similar decision was taken way back in 2010, by the then President to bring nuclear power plants to Sri Lanka from South Korea. At […]
- Sri Lanka Gearing To Go Nuclear By 2025 (Category: Breaking News)
- Russian Ambassador encourages Sri Lanka to consider nuclear energy collaboration (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka approves nuclear power plant construction with Russia as top contender (Category: Breaking News)
- IAEA studying plans to build nuclear power plant in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
By Shiran Ranasinghe A significant number of fuel filling station owners had stopped placing orders with the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) due to an announcement by Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera that fuel prices would be significantly reduced in the first week of April. According to a spokesperson for the Fuel Distributors’ Association of the CPC, […]
- Duty on petrol and diesel increased (Category: Breaking News)
- Ceypetco fuel prices reduced (Category: Breaking News)
- Ceypetco raises petrol and diesel prices (Category: Breaking News)
- Thanks to its generosity to gas station owners, CPC bleeding to death, says FSP (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post IMF Loan Risks Eroding Rights; Sri Lanka Should Ensure Fair Taxes, Accountability For Corruption: HRW appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Sri Lankan Govt. Should Withdraw Draft ‘Rehabilitation’ Law: Human Rights Watch (Category: Breaking News)
- Rights Groups Urge Strong UN Resolution On Sri Lanka: UNHRC Should Enhance Mandates, Address Gro... (Category: Breaking News)
- Reject New Counterterrorism Bill: Proposed Law Breaks Government Pledge To End Abuse – HRW (Category: Breaking News)
- Rights groups urge strong UN resolution on Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Fuel prices have been slashed based on the fuel pricing formula, Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekara said. Accordingly, Octane 92 petrol will be reduced by Rs. 60 a litre, Octane 95 petrol by Rs. 135 a litre, Auto Diesel by Rs. 80 a litre, Super Diesel by Rs. 45 a litre and Kerosene […]
- CPC, LIOC and Sinopec increase fuel prices (Category: Breaking News)
- Fuel prices reduced (Category: Breaking News)
- Fuel prices revised (Category: Breaking News)
- Private and State bus fares go up (Category: Breaking News)
The gates have been shut for over 20 Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) employees who went on strike. Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera said that the employees who did not report to work today (29 March) were sent on compulsory leave and banned from entering the CPC premises. The Minister also said that fuel distribution […]
- Public urged not to panic after fuel trade unions strike (Category: Breaking News)
- CPC insists there is no shortage of fuel (Category: Breaking News)
- Fuel to be issued only for essential services (Category: Breaking News)
- Foreign companies make offers to import and sell fuel in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Fuel prices in Sri Lanka will be reduced from midnight today (March 29).The post Fuel prices reduced in Sri Lanka appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
- Sri Lanka revises fuel prices from March 05, 2024 (Category: Breaking News)
- Fuel prices reduced in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka revises fuel prices from July 31, 2023 (Category: Breaking News)
- Fuel prices revised in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
The minimum bus fare will be reduced to Rs. 30, with effect from March 31, the Ministry of Transport announced today (March 29).The post Bus fares to be reduced in Sri Lanka appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
- Expressway bus fares in Sri Lanka reduced by 10% (Category: Breaking News)
- Bus fares in Sri Lanka increases with effect from September 02 (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to reduce Bus fares from midnight today (August 04) (Category: Breaking News)
- No bus fare revision according to diesel price reduction – Gemunu (Category: Breaking News)
The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CEYPETCO) and the Ceylon Petroleum Storage Terminals Ltd. (CPSTL) have announced that employees who do not report for duty are to be sent on compulsory leave from today (March 29).The post Energy minister threatens legal action against petroleum workers who do not report for duty appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
- Energy Minister confirms electricity bills will increase from January (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s Energy Minister explains reason for no Diesel price reduction (Category: Breaking News)
- Energy Minister threatens to take legal action against PUCSL Chairman’s claims on crude oil qual... (Category: Breaking News)
- Chairman of CEYPETCO and CPSTL Uvais Mohamed resigns (Category: Breaking News)
The Cabinet of Ministers approved the proposal presented by the Minister of Power and Energy to enter into a contract with the following organizations for the importation, storage, distribution and sale of petroleum in Sri Lanka on long term contracts as per the provisions of the Petroleum Products (Special Provisions) (Amendment) Act No 33 of […]
Sri Lanka's Cabinet has given the green light to award licences to China’s Sinopec, Australia’s United Petroleum and RM Parks of the USA, in collaboration with multinational oil and gas company - Shell plc to enter the Fuel Retail market in Sri Lanka.The post Cabinet approval granted for 03 foreign companies in China, Australia, USA to enter Sri Lanka’s fuel market appeared first on Sri Lank...
- RM Parks signs $110 million petroleum agreement with Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Cabinet nod for fuel distribution by three foreign companies (Category: Breaking News)
- Cabinet approval for 03 foreign firms to enter fuel retail market in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- It’s alright for new foreign fuel retailers to undercut CPC in pricing productsBy Rathindra Kuru... (Category: Breaking News)
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- System Change Happening In Wrong Direction (Category: Breaking News)
- Moral Justification For Protests To Continue (Category: Breaking News)
- Change Flight From Stability With Stagnancy (Category: Breaking News)
- Weaponising Of The Law (Category: Breaking News)
Five Tamil asylum seekers who attempted suicide on the British-held Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia have been sent to Rwanda for medical treatment, The New Humanitarian said. The news follows a recent backlash against the British government’s immigration deterrence policies and a scandal that involved 200 unaccompanied minors who went missing after being in the care of UK immigration authoriti...
- UK grants ‘third country’ asylum for two Sri Lankans following suicide attempts (Category: Breaking News)
- UK home secretary set to sign new asylum treaty in Rwanda (Category: Breaking News)
- UK interior minister signs new Rwanda treaty to resurrect asylum plan (Category: Breaking News)
- Britain to send Sri Lankan asylum seekers to Rwanda for medical treatment (Category: Breaking News)
By Rathindra Kuruwita Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera announced yesterday that the Cabinet of Ministers has granted approval for allowing China’s Sinopec, Australia’s United Petroleum and RM Parks of the USA, in collaboration with multinational Oil and Gas Company – Shell plc, to enter the fuel retail market in Sri Lanka. The minister said that each of the three companies wo...
Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera says the Cabinet of Ministers has granted approval to award licenses to China s Sinopec, Australia s United Petroleum and RM Parks of the USA, in collaboration with multinational oil and gas company - Shell plc, to enter the fuel retail market in Sri Lanka.
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe emphasized during an interview organized by Harvard University on the 24th, through Zoom technology, that Sri Lanka’s access to the growing Indian and African markets should not be disrupted by any big power rivalry or conflictThe post Sri Lanka’s access to growing Indian & African markets cannot be disrupted – President Ranil appeared fir...
- Sri Lanka will not allow anything harmful to India’s security – President Ranil (Category: Breaking News)
- Fearing political pressure, Sri Lanka president wants to avoid trade integrations with India (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to establish International Trade Office to deal with International Trade Negotiations (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President says ‘this is our last chance to forge ahead’ (Category: Breaking News)
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[…]The post IMF Deal Is Not A Solution – Restart Decisive Struggle Against Government Attacks! appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Aragalaya & The Wijeweera Legacy: How The Lankan Left Could Win (Category: Breaking News)
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout will help bring Sri Lanka’s depleted foreign exchange reserve to pre-crisis levels in four years, said the country’s central bank governor.The post With IMF bailout, Sri Lanka will have healthy dollar reserves in 4 years – Central Bank Governor appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
- Sri Lanka gives China deal details, keeping IMF aid on track (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to announce debt restructuring strategy in April – Central Bank Governor (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s inflation expected to significantly cool in the coming months – CBSL Governor (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF says Sri Lanka debt deal could help board clear first bailout review (Category: Breaking News)
Five Sri Lankan Tamil asylum seekers who attempted suicide on the British-held Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia have been sent to Rwanda for medical treatment, The New Humanitarian has learned. The news follows a recent backlash against the British government’s immigration deterrence policies and a scandal that involved 200 unaccompanied minors who went missing […]
- UK to send Sri Lankan asylum seekers to Rwanda for medical treatment (Category: Breaking News)
- UK grants ‘third country’ asylum for two Sri Lankans following suicide attempts (Category: Breaking News)
- Britain to send Sri Lankan asylum seekers to Rwanda for medical treatment (Category: Breaking News)
- Tamil refugees on Diego Garcia win fight against forcible return to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
President Ranil Wickremesinghe urged the Opposition to unite and disregard political differences to assist in carrying out the agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The President emphasized that his duty is not to condemn previous administrations but to concentrate on the development of the country. He also declared his dedication to constructing a better […]
- Prez vows to reform loss-making state enterprises, implement new tax regime (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka receives financial assurance letter from China (Category: Breaking News)
- President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s Special Statement – Full Text (Category: Breaking News)
- Government to consider restructuring domestic debt (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe said today (March 22) the salaries and pensions of public servants will be revised in the future, in line with the inflation rates.The post Pensions and salaries of Government Employees in Sri Lanka to be revised appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
- Sri Lanka Government to delay salaries of executive-grade staff (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s government employees to protest demanding Rs. 20,000 salary hike (Category: Breaking News)
- Special announcement on public sector salary payments for January (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Government in financial crisis: Government employees’ salaries to be delayed? (Category: Breaking News)
Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekara told Parliament yesterday that fuel prices would be reduced considerably according to the fuel price formula at the next fuel price revision, due in April. The Minister said that the government would be able to procure fuel shipments, at lower prices, during competitive bidding, with the receipt of the […]
- Sri Lanka's Petroleum Minister says no hike in local fuel prices yet (Category: Breaking News)
- Negombo fishermen to keep away from fishing (Category: Breaking News)
- Feul price reduction considered; Susil (Category: Breaking News)
- Domestic fuel prices will not increase even if international prices do - Premajayantha (Category: Breaking News)
Fuel prices are likely to be reduced in April, Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera said. The Minister said that steps are being taken to provide relief to the public in April. He said that under the existing fuel price formula there is a likelihood of the fuel price being reduced next month. The […]
- Special category to increase fuel quota to be tested (Category: Breaking News)
- Electricity and fuel declared essential services (Category: Breaking News)
- Fuel shortage caused by delay in unloading (Category: Breaking News)
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