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The Secretary to the Ministry of Public Administration Priyantha Mayadunne has requested state officials to provide cultivable government lands to farmers in the respective area.
WB has assures 700 million dollars assistance within a few months
Twenty-two statements have been recorded thus far, but no suspects have been arrested yet, police said.
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s stock market was marginally down within the first out of the trade on Monday (30), Colombo Stock Exchange data showed.Analyst said that the market is extremely volatile with news of tax weighing in heavily, however, they are also trying to understand its applicability.The main All Share Price Index (ASPI) fell 0.09 percent at 1130 hrs or 7.30 points to 8,308.2...
Sri Lanka has sought assistance from the World Bank until long term assistance materializes through the International Monetary Fund (IMF). World Bank Country Manager in Colombo, Chiyo Kanda, called on the Minister of Foreign Affairs Prof. G.L. Peiris at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Minister Peiris sought assistance from the World Bank until long term […]
Police said the motive and the perpetrators have yet to be identified.
“Everyone, please get in the field, and grow [crops],” the minister said on Sunday (29) speaking to reporters.
Times are extraordinary with the macro stresses clearly unprecedented
One person has been killed while another has been critically injured and hospitalized following a shooting incident near the Bastian Mawatha Bus Stand in Colombo.
A shipment of 3,500 metric tonnes of liquefied petroleum (LP) gas has arrived in the country.
The weekly Cabinet meeting is scheduled to be held today (30), chaired by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) of the Philippines has ordered the immediate repatriation of Filipinos in Sri Lanka who want to return home amid the ongoing economic crisis in the country.
Foreign Secretary of the Philippines, Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Sunday ordered the repatriation of Filipinos in Sri Lanka who want to return home amid the ongoing economic crisis that hit the...Click on the headline to read the full story
By N Sathiya Moorthy Now that Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s Cabinet has taken some substantial if not final shape, the question arises if the old wine in an older bottle or bottles tastes matured or sour. That it’s only old wine in older bottle or bottles, there can be no two opinions about it. But […]
Prevailing showery and windy condition over the island is expected to slightly enhance during today and the next few days, says the Department of Meteorology.
Tradition in MB is to reach decisions by consensus. If one member disapproves, it isn’t carried
Sri Lanka will have to import around 700,000 metric tons of rice as the paddy harvest will drop by 50%, this Yala season, United Rice Producers’ Association (URPA), Mudith Perera said.The post Rice...Click on the headline to read the full story
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) is expected to propose to the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) to shift the Asia Cup, scheduled from August 27 to September 11, out of the country as the island is currently...Click on the headline to read the full story
Hardik Pandya produced a magnificent all-round display as Gujarat Titans won the Indian Premier League in their first season with a seven-wicket victory over Rajasthan Royals. Titans captain Pandya took 3-17, including the prize scalp of England’s Jos Buttler for 39 to restrict Royals to 130-9 and then hit 34 from 30 balls. Shubman Gill […]
Sri Lanka Navy managed to seize 02 suspicious local multiday fishing trawlers with 45 individuals, during patrols carried out in southern and western seas.
The High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Sri Lanka, Sarah Hulton, called on the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Professor G.L. Peiris on 26 May 2022, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and congratulated him on his reappointment as the Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka.
Prevailing showery and windy condition over the island is expected to slightly enhance during today and the next few days.
Sri Lanka Police says that another 37 persons have been arrested for illegally storing fuel for the purpose of selling at a higher price.
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) is expected to propose to the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) to shift the Asia Cup, scheduled from August 27 to September 11, out of the country as the island is currently reeling under the economic and political crisis.
A small passenger plane with 22 people on board went missing in cloudy weather in Nepal on Sunday and authorities suspended a search in difficult terrain as night fell.
The Japanese government will fight a ¥156 million ($1.23 million) damages lawsuit filed by relatives of a Sri Lankan woman who died last year while in custody at an immigration center in Nagoya, sources said Sunday. The family of Ratnayake Liyanage Wishma Sandamali, who alleges she was illegally detained and died due to a lack […]
Philippines has ordered the immediate repatriation of Filipinos in Sri Lanka who want to return home amid the ongoing economic crisis in the foreign country. “Get them home. We have the money,” Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. ordered on Sunday, May 29. Locsin was referring to Filipinos who would request for repatriation amid the […]
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has proposed appointing a National Council consisting of the Speaker, the Prime Minister, the Leader of the Opposition and leaders of the major political parties. The National Council will talk about the policies of the country, about the decisions taken by the Cabinet and about the reorganization of the Parliament of […]
Special Statement by the Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe
Sri Lanka will pay US $ 72.6 million to buy a 90,000-tonne shipment of Russian oil docked at Colombo’s port for weeks, its energy minister says, as the island nation works to restart its only...Click on the headline to read the full story