Category: Local News

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) raised its key rates by a full percentage point on Thursday to tackle record high domestic inflation and to contain any build-up of adverse inflation expectations.

Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said Wednesday that he had a telephone call with Russian leader Vladimir Putin to request credit support to import fuel for the island nation that is facing its worst economic crisis in memory.

Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva has temporarily resigned from the position of Minister of Ports, Shipping and Aviation Services, until the investigations over an alleged transaction with a private company are concluded.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe should step down from his Finance Minister portfolio, Minister Dhammika Perera says.

Former Parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra and several others who were engaged in a protest this morning (July 06) opposite the President’s House in Colombo, Fort have been arrested.

Britain’s Foreign Office said on Tuesday it was now advising against all but essential travel to Sri Lanka due to the impact of the country’s economic crisis.

The public has been severely affected by the strike action launched by railway workers in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe says the government’s next step with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is to submit the plan on debt restructuring and sustainability.

A 60-year-old man waiting in a queue to buy fuel at Tickle Road in Borella had died, police said.

The Cabinet of Ministers has approved a proposal to waive off unpaid loans obtained from state banks by paddy farmers who have less than two hectares.

Sri Lanka President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa has suddenly arrived for the parliamentary session today (July 05) without prior notice.

There is a possibility of selling a kilo of rice for Rs.140, former Director of Agriculture K.B. Gunaratne said.

Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Parliamentarian Nalin Bandara Jayamaha has requested the Secretary of Defence to issue a statement on the accuracy of reports of an alleged terrorist attack.

Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) today (July 04) urged the government to share the details of an alleged security threat as outlined in a reported communique between the police chief and the defence ministry secretary ahead of the ‘Black Tiger’ day marked by the LTTE on July 05.

Sri Lanka’s Defence Ministry requests the public not to panic about the intelligence information of a purported terrorist attack which is currently circulating in the social media.

The Suwa Seriya 1990 emergency ambulance service announced yesterday (July 03) that its patient transfers would be delayed due to lack of fuel.