Category: Local News

The Sri Lankan government has announced the lifting of its long-standing ban on motor vehicle imports, effective from October 1, 2024.

The Sri Lankan government has announced proposed changes to the Personal Income Tax (PIT) structure as part of its ongoing efforts to support economic recovery and ease the burden on mid-level income earners.

Sri Lanka’s Cabinet of Ministers has decided to lift all vehicle import restrictions by February 2025, Foreign Minister Ali Sabry announced today (September 13).

The Inland Revenue Department (IRD) of Sri Lanka has announced a significant increase in tax revenue collection for the period of January to August 2024.

Sri Lanka’s Department of Posts announced that all official polling cards will be delivered to households by tomorrow (September 14).

An Italian father and son have been fined 60 million Sri Lankan rupees ($200,000; £150,000) for attempting to smuggle hundreds of native insects, including 92 butterfly species, out of a safari park in Sri Lanka.

The Elpitiya Pradeshiya Sabha election will be held on October 26, 2024, according to the Galle District Returning Officer.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $100 million policy-based loan to support Sri Lanka’s water supply and sanitation sector reforms to enhance the country’s resilience to climate change impacts and promote long-term sustainability.

Sri Lankan migrant workers remitted USD 577.5 million to Sri Lanka through legal banking channels in August 2024.

Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena signed a Bill on September 11 that sets the minimum basic salary for Sri Lanka’s private sector employees at Rs. 21,000.

The Law & Society Trust (LST) has conducted an island-wide survey titled “Presidential Election 2024: Aspirations of the People.”

Former Sri Lankan Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella, along with two others, who were remanded over the alleged import of substandard human immunoglobulin vials, were granted bail by the Maligakanda Magistrate’s Court today (September 11).

A total of 350 prisoners serving sentences for minor offenses will be released from prisons across Sri Lanka tomorrow (September 12), to mark Prisoners’ Day, according to Prisons Commissioner Gamini B. Dissanayake.

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has appointed MP Seetha Kumari Arambepola as the Minister of State for Health, Women’s and Child Affairs.

The Election Commission of Sri Lanka has announced that postal voting for the 2024 Presidential Election can be conducted today (September 11) and tomorrow (September 12).

Veteran Sri Lankan singer and lyricist Senaka Batagoda has passed away at the age of 66.