Category: Local News

Sri Lanka’s output is estimated to have fallen by 9.2 percent in 2022 as the government ran out of the foreign exchange needed to cover food and fuel imports while the rupee plummeted and imports contracted sharply, and to service external debt, the World Bank says.

Commissioner-General of Elections Saman Sri Ratnayake has informed District Secretaries yesterday (January 10) to continue to accept deposits for the upcoming Local government Election.

Canada has imposed tough sanctions on former Sri Lankan Presidents Mahinda Rajapksa and Gotabaya Rajapaksa which prohibits them from entering Canada.

The United National Party (UNP) will contest the upcoming Local Government Election together with the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), said the UNP General Secretary today (January 10).

Sri Lanka Government decided to curtail 5% of the estimated expenditure allocated under the proposals of the 2023 Budget to all ministries.

Sepal Amarasinghe who made statements defaming the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic (Sri Dalada Maligawa) further remanded until January 17, 2023.

The Sri Lanka Government is going to implement the amended electricity tariffs effective from January 01, 2023.

Five suspects who were arrested yesterday (January 09) for hacking ATM machines and stealing more than Rs. 10 million in the Southern Province have been remanded till January 23 after being produced before the Baddegama Magistrate’s Court.

Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe, while noting he was deeply concerned about the recent violence that erupted in Brasilia added Sri Lanka not so long ago also experienced similar attempts by groups to overthrow democratic structures through unconstitutional means.

Sri Lanka’s cabinet on Monday approved new electricity tariffs to reflect the cost of coal and power generation to take effect this month, Power Minister Kanchana Wijesekera said, without saying how much higher they would be.

Sri Lanka’s Cabinet of Ministers today (January 09) granted approval to increase the electricity tariff.

Sri Lanka Government prohibits state and semi-government institutions from paying the ‘Pay As You Earn’ (PAYE) tax of employees through the respective institutions’ funds.

Four bulkers carrying wheat, corn, peas and sunflower seeds departed from Ukrainian ports on Sunday, according to the Joint Coordination Center (JCC).

Sri Lanka’s recovery from last year’s devastating economic crisis will need its creditors to “share the burden” of debt restructuring, leading global economists have said, calling all lenders to cancel the debt of the cash-strapped island nation.

Monaragala Police SSP Sisira Kumara has been arrested by the Police Special Task Force (STF) with over 600 cannabis plants at his official residence.

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) yesterday (December 08) flayed President Ranil Wickremesinghe for having summoned the members of the Elections Commission (EC) to his office.