Thursday 22nd September, 2022 The government now has another problem to contend with, an unnerving one at that; it is troubled by the prospect of having to face an election, which it is scared stiff of. The Opposition is making the most of the SLPP’s fear of elections; it has gone into overdrive to pressure […]

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka is desperately looking for tourism earning to finance its imports

Wickremesinghe also met King Charles III on Sunday September 18.

The week ended on September 15 saw 1027 suspected dengue cases reported in 23 districts

Sri Lanka still struggles to smoothen its fuel distribution due to forex shortage created by money printing

By Rathindra Kuruwita Those who claimed that privatisation was the panacea for Sri Lanka’s economic ills had to present information about privatise institutions first, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake said on Wednesday at a conference on privatisation of state assets. Dissanayake said that the SLPP had campaigned in 2019 and 2020 on a […]

"Sri Lanka needs to work collectively to solve the food issue in the face of the global food crisis."

The program aims to provide fertilisers up to 1 million farmers

An online crowdfunding platform titled ‘Rebuild Sri Lanka’ launched by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is now live providing the opportunity for global citizens to contribute to alleviating the impacts of the crisis in the island nation, the UNDP said.The facility can be accessed at www.undp.org/srilanka/donate. Sri Lanka is undergoing its worst economic crisis […]

Interested parties can contribute to two ailing sectors: healthcare and food.

Filling Station Association has said nearly 300 filling stations have been temporarily closed

“We asked them to register with the police because it will make it easier to identify them."

(PTI) The IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva yesterday (4) said she is pleased the Washington-based lender and the Sri Lankan government have reached a staff-level agreement to provide about $2.9 billion to help the bankrupt country, terming the deal as an “important step forward.” The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday announced that it will provide […]

Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner in New Delhi, Milinda Moragoda, has declared that the preliminary agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), under which Sri Lanka could receive $2.9 billion to tackle the ongoing economic crisis, is a “first step” in the long haul of economic recovery, but would provide the country and investors “confidence” to […]

Sources close to Rajapaksa say he will not involve in active politics again

Sri Lanka's politicized petroleum sector has been mostly subsidized in post-independence era.

President Wickremesinghe through interim budget expects 2.5 million tourists in 2023.

Wickremesinghe is budgeting in a sea of monetary instability

By CHANDRA FERNANDO Educational Consultant, USA The last few months of this year have been a time of great anxiety and much hardship for the people of Sri Lanka. No matter on which side of the political divide one stands, common problems converge into a cloud of nervousness, unease and uncertainty. Sri Lankans have not […]

Wednesday 31st August, 2022 Trade unions in the power and energy sectors are up in arms against a government move to restructure the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) and the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC). They would have the public believe that the blame for the staggering losses the two institutions have been incurring should be laid […]