Category: Local News

The price of Litro gas cylinders would be further reduced in the first week of November in accordance with the gas price formula which would come into effect on the 5th of every month, The Chairman of Litro Gas Company, Muditha Peiris said.

The annual taxes on Casinos have been increased by 150%, from Rs.200 million to Rs. 500 million with effect from August 01, 2022, according to the State Minister of Finance, Ranjith Siyambalapitiya.

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa congratulated Chinese President Xi Jinping on his re-election as the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.

It is indeed a pleasure to extend my warm felicitation for Deepavali, being a colourful religious festival of lights celebrated with much reverence by Hindu devotees, Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe said issuing a press release.

A 22-year old man was shot dead and another injured after police opened fire at them at Andiambalama in Negombo.

The United Kingdom has decided to move Sri Lankan refugees seeking asylum from the British-claimed Chagos Islands to ‘a safe third country,’ unless they returned to Sri Lanka ‘voluntarily’.

A single mother of two was forced to sell her priceless house in Sri Lanka to pay 65,000 Sri Lanka rupees for the family’s journey to India.

The newly-gazetted personal income tax will be implemented from November 1, 2022 after the approval by the Finance Committee of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and the signature of the Speaker.

Sri Lanka’s National Consumer Price Index (NCPI) rose to a new high of 73.7% in September from a year earlier, quickening from 70.2% in August, the statistics department said.

The 22nd Amendment to the constitution was passed with amendments by a two-thirds majority in Parliament of Sri Lanka shedding a few powers of the Executive President.

The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CEYPETCO) today (October 21) said that it has not been able to make payments for a Crude Oil shipment of 100,000 metric tons anchored in the Port of Colombo.

Sri Lanka’s 70% inflation is hitting its peak as crippling shortages ease and bailout funds look within reach, yet it’s far from putting the central bank governor at ease.

Emphasising on the need to attain self-reliance, India’s Minister of State for Defence and Tourism Ajay Bhatt said Sri Lanka was in such a bad economic crisis that its security forces were unable to pay the nominal fees for training exercises in India.

Sri Lankan lawmakers began debating a proposed constitutional amendment on Thursday that would trim the powers of the president, a key demand of protesters who are seeking political reforms and solutions to the country’s dire economic crisis.

There is no alternative other than taking assistance from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for reviving the country’s economy, The Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe said.

The maiden harvest of a green apple plantation in Sri Lanka was presented to President Ranil Wickremesinghe this morning (October 20) at the Presidential Secretariat.