Category: Local News

Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP and the Chairman of the Committee for Public Finance Dr. Harsha de Silva stated that although the government has signed a staff-level agreement with the IMF, the Parliament has not been briefed on the terms and conditions of the agreement.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe has issued a gazette notification to be effective from September 03, 2022, specifying once again the supply of power and all related services, petroleum production and fuel supply or distribution and health services as essential services for maintaining normalcy of life of the public.

Sri Lanka has increased Charges for Mobile, Fixed-Line, Broadband, Television and other Prepaid and Postpaid Services with effect from 05th September 2022.

China assures it is ready to work with relevant countries and international financial institutions to continue to play a positive role in supporting Sri Lanka to overcome the current debt and economic crisis.

A loaf of bread will be sold at Rs.300/-, the All Ceylon Bakery Owners’ Association said.

Sri Lanka’s former president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled the country in July after tens of thousands of protesters stormed his home and office in a display of anger over the country’s economic crisis, has returned to the country after seven weeks.

Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki on Friday urged all creditor nations to discuss Sri Lanka’s debt restructuring, after the crisis-hit South Asian nation reached a loan agreement with the International Monetary Fund.

The interim budget presented by President Ranil Wickremesinghe as the Finance Minister was passed in Parliament with amendments by a majority of 115 votes today (September 02).

Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court today (September 02) temporarily lifted the overseas travel ban imposed on former Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa.

Domestic Liquefied Petroleum (LP) Gas prices will be reduced again from midnight on Monday (August 05), Chairman of Litro Gas, Muditha Peiris said.

A special gazette notification has been published amending the maximum retail price imposed on 43 medical devices.

The 47-year-old was shot dead by an unidentified gunman while he was returning home on a motorcycle with his wife after visiting a relative at Sathosmathagama in Middeniya on Thursday (September 01).

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe said that this is an important step in the history of Sri Lanka. “Not only rising from the bankruptcy crisis and the debt moratorium, it is also key to ensure that our social sectors are protected and both our economic and social aspect of our lifestyle will certainly not have any further setbacks.”

Parliamentarian Namal Rajapakasa said that he believes President Ranil Wickremesinghe should create a stable government with the 134 MPs who voted in favour of him and not those who opposed him.

The prices of each cigarette category has been increased with effect from today (September 01), cigarette companies said.

Two persons accused of assassinating Former Minister Jeyaraj Fernandopulle and 15 others in Weliweriya in 2008 were acquitted and released today (September 01).