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Joint Council for Professions of Supplementary Medicine, including the Public Health Inspectors Union (PHIU) has decided to launch a two-day strike in protest of the ongoing fuel crisis.
Cabinet of ministers had given the approval to hike railway fares to meet the rising costs
- Sri Lanka revises fuel prices again; Petrol 92 down by 40 rupees (Category: Breaking News)
- Schedule announced for Lanka Premier League 2023 (Category: Sports)
- Sri Lanka shares edge down on banks; policy rates awaited (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka stocks post best gain in two months on bargain hunting (Category: Breaking News)
Interbank transactions announced by the CBSL rose to 359.90, edging up 40 cents from the previous day’s 360.30.
- Education Department robbed (Category: Breaking News)
- Bodies of a couple found in hotel room (Category: Breaking News)
- New Supreme Court Judge sworn in (Category: Breaking News)
- Police probe death of Swiss national (Category: Breaking News)
An extraordinary gazette notification has been issued detailing the institutional and legal framework of Dhammika Perera who was sworn in as the Investment Promotion Minister.The post Duties,...Click on the headline to read the full story
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) says necessary action will be taken to liquidate the five failed finance companies in accordance with applicable legal provisions.
Introduction of new laws on child protection and justice.
Revision of railway transport charges.
The Sri Lankan Cabinet of Ministers has granted approval to a proposal to allow companies from oil producing nations to import fuel to the country and also be involved in the retail market.The post...Click on the headline to read the full story
[…]The post An ‘Essential’ Lesson In ‘Essentiality’ appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Short Term Plan, Long Term Communication (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s fuel, gas queue death toll goes up to 10 as two men die waiting for essentials (Category: Breaking News)
- The Fall Of The House Of The Speaker: An Essay On A Crumbling House (Category: Breaking News)
- The National List & The House Of Duds (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Sajith & Anura Should Dare Arrest; Take The Battle To Gota & Ranil appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Anura & Sajith: Sri Lanka’s Tweedledum And Tweedledee Or Hero And Jester (Category: Breaking News)
- Black & White; No Shades? (Category: Breaking News)
- Anatomy Of A Change; From Wijeweera’s JVP To AKD’s NPP (Category: Breaking News)
- AKD’s International Crusade – Will It Come To Naught? (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post System Change Plus Politician Change Through Elections appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Government Needs To Change Course In National Interest (Category: Breaking News)
- From Confrontation To Consensus (Category: Breaking News)
- Preparing The Ground For Early Elections (Category: Breaking News)
- Implement President’s Pledges To Revive Economy (Category: Breaking News)
All Share Price Index fell 1.72 percent or 128.21 points to 7,323.70 at 1135 hours on June 28.
- Farmers' market mooted for Whyalla (Category: South Australia)
- Gas pipeline project in New Mexico halted amid pandemic (Category: USA, New Mexico)
- Wednesday, January 20th: Bright Ideas: Mompreneurs (Category: USA, New Hampshire)
- Gas pipeline project in New Mexico halted amid pandemic (Category: USA, New Mexico)
The Government has decided to open the fuel import and retail sales market to companies from oil producing nations. Cabinet approval has been granted for the move, Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera said today. He said the companies will be selected on the ability to import fuel and operate without Forex requirements from the Central Bank […]
- Foreign companies make offers to import and sell fuel in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- CPC to assure fuel to companies that pay in USD (Category: Breaking News)
- Fuel pass introduced to ensure weekly quota (Category: Breaking News)
- No disruption to fuel distribution (Category: Breaking News)
By Steven Butler Nishantha Silva is obsessed with details. The missing notebook. The unusual telephone number. The motorcycle tossed into a lake and the person who knew exactly where to find it. Those details and others are the pointillist dots of color that Silva, formerly a detective with Sri Lanka’s Criminal Investigation Department, has assembled into […]
- Nishantha Silva links GR to Lasantha’s murder (Category: Breaking News)
- Journalists Killed & Missing In Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Hague Tribunal: ‘MiG Deal Revelations The Main Motive For Lasantha’s Murder’ – Ex IP Nishantha S... (Category: Breaking News)
- Ahimsa Files UN Complaint On 12th Anniversary Of Lasantha Wickrematunge’s Murder (Category: Breaking News)
Another 47 people trying to migrate to Australia by boat were detained at sea by the Sri Lanka Navy, the Navy media unit said today. The Navy said that the individuals were detained at sea off Negombo last night. According to the Navy media unit, a suspicious multi-day trawler was detected at sea by Navy […]
- 98 asylum seekers arrested in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Navy detains 44 people attempting to illegally migrate by sea (Category: Breaking News)
- Navy detains fishing boats smuggling heroin (Category: Breaking News)
- Navy detains Indian trawler poaching in Delft sea area (Category: Breaking News)
A Gazette Extraordinary was published specifying the duties, functions and institutional legal framework of the Ministry of Investment Promotion.
The Cabinet of Ministers has green-lighted opening up the fuel import and retail sales market to companies from oil-producing nations.
Selected firms will have to import fuel on credit and runs a currency risk
- Bunker Business (Category: Business)
- Bunker Business (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka invites capable companies to supply aviation fuel (Category: Breaking News)
- Oily Issue (Category: Business)
At least one minister said to travel to Russia
Sri Lanka Navy arrested a multi-day fishing trawler in western seas off Negombo on last night (June 27) with 47 persons attempting to illegally migrate into Australia.The post Sri Lanka Navy...Click on the headline to read the full story
A search operation carried out by Sri Lanka Navy in western seas off Negombo in the late hours of June 27 has led to the interception of a local multiday fishing trawler with 47 people aboard.
At least 46 people, believed to be migrants, have been found dead in an abandoned lorry on the outskirts of San Antonio, Texas.
The Sri Lankan Cabinet of Ministers have granted its approval to launch a cargo ferry service between Kankesanthurai (KKS) and the Karaikal Port, and Port of Pondicherry in Tamil Nadu.The post Sri...Click on the headline to read the full story
Sri Lanka's Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera and Minister of Environment Ahamed Nazeer have left for Qatar this morning (June 28) to hold talks over the importation of fuel.The post...Click on the headline to read the full story
The Cabinet of Ministers has given the approval tabled by the Minister of Transport to revise train fares.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi discussed the crisis in Sri Lanka at the G-7 summit in Germany. Modi was quoted as saying that India is helping Sri Lanka to ensure food security. “We have dispatched about 35,000 tonnes of wheat as humanitarian aid to Afghanistan in the last few months. And even after the heavy […]
- Ranil to visit India next month for talks with Modi (Category: Breaking News)
- Bandula unaware if MPs don’t have 3 meals a day (Category: Breaking News)
- WFP says 66 % Sri Lankans reduced number of meals eaten daily (Category: Breaking News)
- Modi govt gives major push to free trade pacts as exports, job creation become critical (Category: Breaking News)
Britain’s Andy Murray maintained his record of never losing in the first round at Wimbledon with an encouraging win over Australia’s James Duckworth. After a slow start, likely a result of a recent abdominal injury, Murray found rhythm and his quality shone through. The former world number one, now ranked 52nd, won 4-6 6-3 6-2 […]
- Emma Raducanu loses in Cincinnati (Category: Breaking News)
- Rafael Nadal beats Casper Ruud for 14th Roland Garros title (Category: Breaking News)
- Andy Murray fights back to beat Max Purcell (Category: Breaking News)
- Murray beats Alexander Zverev to reach Qatar Open quarter-finals (Category: Breaking News)
A gazette notice has been issued bringing a number of institutions, including the the Board of Investment and Colombo Port City, under Investment Promotion Minister Dhammika Perera. The gazette notice issued by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has brought the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka, Colombo Port City Economic Commission, Projects related to Colombo Port City, […]
- Dhammika Perera gets Rakna Arakshaka Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- China speaks to Dhammika on promoting Chinese projects (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil takes over institutions allocated to Dhammika (Category: Breaking News)
- Dhammika Perera to enter Parliament (Category: Breaking News)
At least 42 people, believed to be migrants, have been found dead in an abandoned lorry on the outskirts of San Antonio, Texas. According to one local outlet, over a dozen people have also been taken to hospital in varying conditions. Images posted to social media showed a significant number of emergency responders surrounding the […]
- At least 19 dead in Texas school shooting (Category: Breaking News)
- Man charged with terrorism after deadly Oslo attack (Category: Breaking News)
- China Covid app restricts residents after banking protests (Category: Breaking News)
- EU blames Russia for food crisis prompting walkout (Category: Breaking News)
Oil agents asks Central Bank, Treasury to deal directly with principals
- Sri Lanka: petrol price hike will fuel inflation (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka's rising inflation in April due to escalating fuel prices (Category: Breaking News)
- Petrol price hike will fuel inflation - CB (Category: Breaking News)
- Petrol price hike will fuel inflation:CB (Category: Breaking News)
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