Category: Local News

Sri Lanka is currently going through the worst economic crisis since gaining their independence in 1948 and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe believes that it is the fault of the previous governments and the politicians.

Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will brief the Parliamentary Consultative Committee on External Affairs on June 18 over the ongoing crisis in Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka’s Power and Energy Minister said that authorities have no choice but to register consumers at filling stations and provide them with a guaranteed weekly quota

Sri Lanka may be compelled to buy more oil from Russia as the island nation hunts desperately for fuel amid an unprecedented economic crisis, the newly appointed prime minister said.

M.M.C. Ferdinando, the Chairman of the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) said that he mistakenly told the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) hearing in Parliament of Sri Lanka, that the Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa told him that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi insisted that a Wind Power Project be awarded to the India’s Adani Group.

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today (June 11) categorically denied a statement made by the Chairman of the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) with regard to awarding a Wind Power Project in Mannar.

A website has been launched to find fuel stations with fuel stocks in Sri Lanka and check the remaining fuel reserves.

Sri Lanka is at risk of tipping into a full-blown humanitarian crisis as the country’s economy suffers its biggest shock in decades, the U.N. humanitarian office (OCHA) said on Friday.

The Executive Director for the UN World Food Program, David Beasley is planning to visit Sri Lanka soon, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Friday (June 10).

Litro Gas Chairman Vijitha Herath has resigned from his position with effect from today (June 10).

Monday, 13th June has been declared as a special Government holiday, The Ministry of Public Administration said.

Sri Lanka has inked an agreement for a loan of USD 55 million with EXIM Bank of India for the purchase of 65,000 metric tonnes of urea fertiliser required for the Yala Season.

UN Resident Coordinator in Sri Lanka Hanaa Singer-Hamdy, in an interview with Daily Mirror, speaks about the looming food crisis and the initiatives by her office to assist the country. She also shares her views on the effects of Sri Lanka’s decision to introduce organic farming.

Businessman Dhammika Perera’s name was submitted to the National Election Commission to fill the vacant National List seat of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) in Parliament.

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has emphasized the need to maintain more efficient and quality public transport services to attract passengers.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is planning a staff-level mission in the coming weeks to Sri Lanka “to engage on policy discussions on a programme”, the fund’s spokesman Gerry Rice said on Thursday (Jun 9) in Washington.