Category: Local News

An International Monetary Fund (IMG) mission winding up their review of the Sri Lankan economy yesterday warned a second tranche of the $ 1.5 billion Extended Fund Facility (EFF) would be dependent on the implementation of the proposed VAT hike.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe has revealed that initial arrangements have been finalized to make Sri Lanka a hub extending necessary support for naval, air, communication and business operations.

The U.S. President Barack Obama stated that the positive transformation taking place in Sri Lanka at present is exemplary to the world and he assured his fullest support for the development of Sri Lanka.

An ambitious plan by the Sri Lankan government to outfit 100,000 homes with solar panels, to turn them into power producers for the national grid, may be too expensive for many families to afford, experts warn.

The U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon highly appreciated President Maithripala Sirisena’s total commitment to good governance and reconciliation.

I am extremely happy to take part in this 71st Session of the United Nations General Assembly. I wish to bring to the notice of Your Excellencies the current situation in my country.

President Maithripala Sirisena attended the 71st Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) which commenced yesterday (Sep. 20) at UN Headquarters in New York.

Nine defendants including MP Hirunika Premachandra, who have been charged over the abduction and threatening of an individual, were granted bail by the Colombo High Court.

The United States Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) has selected Sri Lanka for its Threshold Programme, under which assistance will be provided for selected projects.

Sri Lanka and India are working towards signing an Economic and Technology Cooperation Agreement (ETCA), and discussions are on for the purpose, a top Sri Lankan official said.

The Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID) has questioned former Airforce Chief Air Marshal Roshan Goonetileke.

President Maithripala Sirisena attended the Open Plenary of the Bill Clinton Foundation’s Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) meeting, in which the Plenary Session of the Partnering for Global Prosperity was held yesterday (Sept. 19) at the Sheraton Hotel in New York.

The University Grants Commission (UGC) today released the cut off marks of the G.C. E. Advanced Level Examination in the year 2015.

Sri Lanka’s state-owned Ceylon Petroleum Corporation will incur a loss of about two billion rupees ($13.78 million) per month after the government raised excise duty last month, the petroleum resources minister said on Monday.

Fast bowler Nuwan Kulasekara who was arrested following a fatal accident involving his vehicle at Ranmuthugala, Kadawatha was released on bail this evening, Police said.

SriLankan Airlines and Mihin Lanka are considering a merger, the Muscat Daily news agency reported.