Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Kabir Hashim was unanimously appointed as the Chairman of the Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) this morning (October 05), Communications Department of Parliament said.

Litro Gas Lanka Limited will reduce the prices of domestic LP gas cylinders with effect from midnight today (October 05).

Canteen owners have decided to increase the price of a packet of Rice and Kottu by Rs.10.

Former President Maithripala Sirisena asked him 71 times to take up the post of Prime Minister during the Yahapalana administration, Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa said at Nagoda on Monday (October 03).

The Sri Lankan authorities and the international community must fully incorporate human rights into their responses to the country’s economic crisis, Amnesty International said in a new report today

Sri Lanka’s central bank is likely to maintain interest rates on Thursday in an effort to get a grip on inflation which has remained stubbornly high despite a sharp contraction in the crisis-hit economy.

The price of locally manufactured milk powder in Sri Lanka will be increased from midnight tomorrow (October 05).

The price of Litro domestic gas cylinders will be reduced by Rs.200 to Rs.300 from midnight tomorrow (October 05), Litro Gas Lanka Chairman Muditha Peiris said.

Sri Lanka Government approved the compulsory retirement age of employees serving in State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) to be revised to 60 years.

Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa proposed Parliamentarian Charitha Herath be re-appointed to the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE).

Sri Lanka Government has issued an extraordinary gazette notification declaring electricity, fuel, health services as essential services.

The price of diesel was not reduced during the recent fuel price revision as only a profit of one rupee was being made per litre, Sri Lanka’s Minister of Power & Energy Kanchana Wijesekera on Monday (October 03) revealed to Parliament.

Sri Lanka’s headline consumer prices could turn a corner in October from a likely peak in September, due to higher base effects last year and the back-to-back deceleration seen in monthly food prices since July.

LITRO Gas Lanka Ltd has decided to reduce the selling prices of the Litro LP domestic gas again from midnight October 05, LITRO Lanka Chairman Muditha Peiris said.

Former Chairman of Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) Professor Charitha Herath was not included in the list of COPE members announced by the Speaker on Monday (October 03).