Protests intensify in Sri Lanka after record fuel price hike
As peaceful demonstrations continued at the Galle Face Green in Colombo, Sri Lanka, a fresh wave of intense protests erupted islandwide on Tuesday, April...
Finance Ministry to proactively get involved to look into tax reductions- Committee on...
Committee on Public Finance said in a press release that Finance Ministry should proactively get involved to look into whether the tax reductions on...
Minister Prasanna Ranatunga assumes duties as the Chief Government Whip
Minister of Public Security and Tourism Hon. Prasanna Ranatunga assumed duties as the Chief Government Whip at the Office in Parliament this morning (19).
Minister...
Parliament sessions suspended due to tense situation
Parliament sessions were suspended for ten minutes after a tense situation prevailed, a short while ago.
A tense situation reached its climax when state minister...
Announcement made by the Hon. Speaker – 19.04.2022
I regret to note that despite the various attempts made during the parliamentary debates on 05th, 06th and 07th April 2022 to find short-term...
Prime Minister to prose a new Constitutional Amendment
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has drawn attention to requests made for the setting up of a Government which is accountable to the people.
A statement...
Sri Lankan rupee further depreciates against US Dollar
The Sri Lankan rupee has depreciated to the lowest value against the US dollar in history today (April 18).
According to the latest exchange rates...
විශ්වාසය ගොඩනගා ගත්තා නම් අපිට මූල්ය වෙළෙඳපොළින් ණය ගන්න තිබුණා
ලංකාවට විදේශ ණය සේවාකරණය කරන්න හැකියාවක් නොමැති බවත් එය අත්හිටුවන බවත් මුදල් අමාත්යාංශය ඊයේ නිළ වශයෙන් කිව්වා. අපිට දැන් කරන්නම දෙයක් නැති නිසා තමයි...
Sri Lanka seeking up to $4 Bn. as IMF talks set to start
Sri Lanka needs between $3 billion to $4 billion this year to pull itself out of an unprecedented economic crisis and plans to start...
India open to additional $2-billion aid for Sri Lanka
India is willing to commit up to another $2 billion in financial assistance to Sri Lanka while also supporting the island nation with food...
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