Former Prime Minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, spoke to Pasindu Gunaratne, about the current economic crisis facing the country and the measures that should be taken to help move the country forward.
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka has announced that it is ending the proposed additional incentive scheme for expatriate workers’ remittances and exporters.
A person who had come to obtain kerosene from a petrol station in Kandy passed away this afternoon (March 19) after collapsing due to heat exhaustion while waiting in line.
Despite having recommenced liquefied petroleum (LP) gas distribution from today (March 18), Litro Gas officials are warning that the state institution remains at risk of closure from a staggering Rs. 2,000 loss on each cylinder.
A group of protesters of the Socialist Youth Union (SYU) attached to the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) have forcibly entered the Presidential Secretariat a short while ago.
Sri Lanka Police says that steps have been taken to suspend the three-day vehicle parade which had been organised from Mirigama to Anuradhapura via Kalpitiya by a motorcycle club called “Spin Rider Club” due to public protest.
Six Sri Lankan fishermen were arrested on Thursday and their boat seized for allegedly fishing in Indian waters by the Indian Coast Guard, India media reported today (March 18).
Former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe says that Sri Lanka could have avoided the present economic crisis and dollar shortage if the government had sought the assistance of the International monetary Fund (IMF) much earlier before the situation reached a critical point.
Health Services are in danger of collapsing due to the shortage of fuel for ambulances and for healthcare staff, President of the Government Medical Officers’ Forum (GMOF), Dr. Rukshan Bellana warned.
Sri Lanka on Thursday signed USD 1 billion credit line with India for procurement of food, medicines and other essential items, amid the island nation’s worsening economic crisis.
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in his 12.57 minute address to the nation last night said, though he was well aware of shortage of essential items and increase in prices emphasised the crisis was not created by him.
Water Supply Minister Vasudeva Nanayakkara yesterday (16) alleged that Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa was bent on furthering US interests in Sri Lanka.
Parliamentarian Udaya Gammanpila says Minister of Finance Basil Rajapaksa must take complete responsibility for the public suffering having to stand in queues.
