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"A revised budget for the balance of the year will be presented to parliament next month."
[…]The post Aragalaya Betrayed & Exploited, But Rejuvenating appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
People who cannot register for the National Fuel Pass with the chassis number will be able to register with the revenue licence beginning Friday (July 29), the Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera said.The post National Fuel Pass: users able to use revenue licence to register from Friday (July 29) appeared first on ONLANKA News :. Sri Lanka Breaking News Updates - Sri Lanka Latest News...
Sri Lanka’s new President, Ranil Wickremesinghe, had sought the top job for decades. Now he has to find ways to avoid the fate of his predecessor as he fends off protesters who’re angry about persistent food and fuel shortages.The post Here’s what to expect in Sri Lanka with a new President in power appeared first on ONLANKA News :. Sri Lanka Breaking News Updates - Sri Lanka Latest News.
Entire wards are dark and nearly empty in Sri Lanka's largest hospital, its few remaining patients leaving untreated and still in pain, and doctors prevented from even arriving for their shifts.The post Shortages leave bankrupt Sri Lanka’s hospitals empty appeared first on ONLANKA News :. Sri Lanka Breaking News Updates - Sri Lanka Latest News.
The Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Gopal Baglay today handed over humanitarian supplies valued at over Rs. 3.4 billion, donated by the government of Tamil Nadu, to the Sri Lankan government.
ASPI gained a mere 6.37 points in the first hour of trade
Cabinet of Ministers have granted approval to appoint D.R.S. Hapuarachchi as the Commissioner General of the Inland Revenue Department and P.B.S.C. Nonis as the Director General of Customs, the Cabinet Spokesman said.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe is leading talks to form an all-party Government, the Government said today. Cabinet Spokesman, Bandula Gunawardena said that the current Cabinet is an interim Government. He told reporters today that the interim Government is also an all-party Government with the President, Prime Minister and Cabinet Ministers from different political parties. Sri Lanka […]
Former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is expected to return to Sri Lanka from Singapore, Cabinet Spokesman Bandula Gunawardena said today. He said that Rajapaksa had travelled to Singapore through the right channels and was not in hiding. Asked when the former President is expected to return, Gunawardena said that he was not aware of an exact […]
Sri Lanka's fuel bill for 2022 is estimated at 6.7 billion US dollar up from 2.7 billion US dollars
Finance Minister appoints new officials
Sri Lanka has asked China to help with trade, investment and tourism to help it grow sustainably, Colombo's envoy to Beijing said on Monday as it negotiates for an emergency $4 billion package to help it emerge from an economic meltdown.The post Sri Lanka asks China for help with trade, investment and tourism appeared first on ONLANKA News :. Sri Lanka Breaking News Updates - Sri Lanka Latest News...
Sri Lanka s President Ranil Wickremesinghe has congratulated India s new President Droupadi Murmu, recalling the close ties between the two nations and underlining that her leadership offers Âfresh impetus to the joint endeavours to nurture and strengthen the cordial ties it enjoys.
The public have been urged to wear face masks as Covid cases have recorded a rise in Sri Lanka once again. The Health Ministry has advised the public to wear face masks indoors, when travelling in public transport and at public gatherings. Wearing face masks indoors and outdoors was not made mandatory with effect from […]
A Polish national has been arrested for illegally entering India from Sri Lanka on an inflatable kayak, the New Indian Express reported. The foreigner was out on bail in Sri Lanka after being arrested over an incident and fled the country as his passport was seized by the authorities. The Vedaranyam Police, which had started […]
But it is a tool and a means only, not the ultimate goal. It is simply compulsion and coercion; it is the police power.
Russian President Vladimir Putin says he is counting on his Lankan counterpart Ranil Wickremesinghe to develop relations between Russia and Sri Lanka. In a congratulatory message to Wickremesinghe, President Vladimir Putin noted that the relationship between Russia and Sri Lanka are of traditionally friendly nature. “The Russian-Sri Lankan relations are of traditionally friendly nature. I [&...
By Rathindra Kuruwita The Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA) yesterday announced that the rollout of the National Fuel pass QR Code system would be delayed. It was earlier announced that gas stations around the country would start issuing fuel using the National Fuel pass QR Code system from Monday (25). However, […]
Justice, Prison Affairs and Constitutional Reforms Minister Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakse yesterday announced that the 22nd constitutional Amendment Bill, which was prepared to repeal the 20th Amendment and incorporating the positive clauses of the 19th Amendment, would be submitted to Parliament tomorrow (27). As per parliamentary standing orders, the Bill can be debated one week after […]
By Shamindra Ferdinando President’s Counsel Manohara de Silva yesterday reminded the new government that it couldn’t absolve itself of the responsibility for the protection of ex-President Gotabaya Rajapaksa now being hounded by interested parties over unsubstantiated war crimes allegations entirely based on hearsay evidence. The leading lawyer said so in response to The Island query […]
by Jehan Perera The election of President Ranil Wickremesinghe, by a large majority in Parliament, gave a momentary sense of hope to the general population that the political and economic chaos of the past four months would end. There is recognition that the new President has both the intellectual wherewithal and years of experience in […]
By Steve A. Morrell Rupee earnings from tea from January to June this year is Rs.164.2 billion. This translates into a 28 per cent increase in earnings from tea over corresponding earnings from tea during the same period last year, which amounted to Rs. 127 billion, an Asia Siyaka (AS) tea research report said. In […]
The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Jordan organized a donation of essential medicines at the request of the Ministry of Health of Sri Lanka.
India will play its due role in advancing global food security, upholding equity, displaying compassion and promoting social justice, said First Secretary Sneha Dubey at the UN Security Council high-level special event on global food security crisis on Monday (local time). Dubey said that New Delhi is running the world’s largest food-based safety net programme, […]
Norlanka, one of Sri Lanka’s largest sustainable exporters of baby and kids wear, has unveiled its brand-new corporate logo. The new logo includes three key elements –the ‘NL’ symbol, the company name in capital letters and the tagline that encapsulates the brand identity of Norlanka. The logo retains the previous brand colors red and black, […]
A talented team, “Fission Impossible”, from Bishop’s College, Colombo, have emerged triumphant in an international environmental competition for high school students- Deakin University’s Young Environmentalists’ Challenge (YEC). The formidable team, consisting of A-Levels students Mehara Jayasinghe, Visha Peiris, Aniqah Irshad Cassim and Amashki Samarasinghe, mentored by their teacher-n-charge, Mr...
Dhanushka Ramanayake has been appointed as the Director General of the President’s Media Division (PMD). Ramanayake was a Council Member at the Maharagama Municipal Council. He had also served as the Director Media and Project Co-ordinator at the Ministry of Megapolis and Western Development when Patali Champika Ranawaka was a Minister. Ramanayake was also a former […]
Sri Lanka has asked China to help with trade, investment and tourism to help it grow sustainably, Colombo s envoy to Beijing said on Monday as it negotiates for an emergency $4 billion package to help it emerge from an economic meltdown.
Market sees fall after military attacked protesters last week