Category: Local News

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has issued a Gazette Extraordinary bringing three institutions including Rakna Arakshaka Lanka Limited under the purview of the Ministry of Investment Promotion with effect from yesterday (July 07).

The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CEYPETCO) says it has opened online registration to open a consumer account for any company or industry that can pay in US dollars to obtain a weekly guaranteed fuel quota.

Sri Lanka’s headline inflation is expected to rise to 70 percent in the coming months from the current level of 50%, the Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe says.

A 60-year-old man who was waiting in a fuel queue outside a filling station in Payagala has died after suddenly falling ill at around 2.30 AM today (July 07).

The World Food Programme (WFP) in its latest report said that 6.26 million people in Sri Lanka are food insecure and it targets 3 million people to receive emergency food, nutrition and school meals until December.

The water supply for Colombo 12, 13, 14 and 15 areas has been interrupted by a breakdown of a transmission pipeline, the National Water Supply & Drainage Board (NWS&DB) says.

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.