Category: Local News

Amidst major economic stress, Sri Lanka is undertaking an unprecedented fiscal effort as part of the government’s commitment to restoring the country’s debt sustainability, Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe said.

The Colombo District Court today (September 29) ordered the Government of Sri Lanka to pay a compensation of 30 million rupees to a disabled child, ruling that the disability was a result of the negligence of the doctors and the staff members of the Gampaha District Hospital.

From a strategic standpoint, keeping the past and also most recent lessons learnt in mind, with the new found leadership of the present government, Sri Lanka should call for a national determination where all sectors of Sri Lankan society including civil organisations, security institutions, political entities, and business associations come together to discuss fundamental issues such as national identity, national reconciliation, transitional justice, governance structure and economic revival, said the Defence Secretary General Kamal Gunaratne today (September 29).

Sri Lanka’s government appears increasingly upbeat about its chances of receiving International Monetary Fund (IMF) board approval for a USD 2.9 billion bailout by December, but the multilateral lender has cautioned that the time frame remains uncertain, and much depends on discussions with the heavily indebted country’s creditors.

The political party leaders have decided to debate the draft of the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution on October 06 and 07, the Communications Department of Sri Lanka Parliament says.

The European Union has released €1.5 million in humanitarian aid to respond to the ongoing socio-economic crisis affecting millions of people in Sri Lanka.

State Minister Sanath Nishantha who is alleged to have made a statement that was in contempt of court, was issued a summons by the Court of Appeal to be present in Court on 13th October 2022.

In parallel with the International Day for Universal Access to Information which falls on September 28, a new unit “Counter Disinformation Unit” was launched by the President Media division.

Five persons, including a son of a politician, arrested by the Kiribathgoda Police for allegedly assaulting a student at a private tuition class in Kiribathgoda were released on police bail, Western Province North Deputy Inspector General of Police Rohan Premaratne said.

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe met Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at Akasaka Palace in Tokyo today (September 28).

The party membership of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Rajangana Pradeshiya Sabha member who was arrested over attempted bank robbery in Thambuththegama, has been suspended, SLPP General Secretary Sagara Kariyawasam said.

The Sri Lankan government should reverse a new regulation that unlawfully restricts protests in large areas of the capital, Colombo, Human Rights Watch said yesterday (September 27).

Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Public Administration has noted that expressing opinions on social media by a public officer without following the proper provisions of the Establishments Code shall be constituted as an offence.

Sri Lanka will step up efforts to revive a stalled free trade pact with Singapore, President Ranil Wickremesinghe told the city state’s premier on Tuesday, his office said in a statement.

A massive fire has broken out at Kajimawatte Flats in Thotalanga this evening (September 27), the fire brigade said.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is ready to provide further financial support to Sri Lanka, a top official of the regional lender said on Tuesday, as the Indian Ocean nation battles its worst economic crisis in more than seven decades.