Category: Local News

The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) has decided to increase fuel prices with effect from midnight today (March 11).

Urban development plans for several major cities were presented to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat, yesterday (March 10).

The Medicines Price Control Committee had granted approval to increase the prices of medicines by 29%.

The All Ceylon Bakery Owners Association announced that the price of a 450g loaf of bread will be increased by Rs. 30/- with effect from midnight today (March 11).

The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) and the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) of India are scheduled to sign an agreement for a joint venture to establish a solar power electricity generating plant at Sampur, Trincomalee.

The verdict on the case filed against former Minister Wimal Weerawansa’s wife Shashi Weerawansa on charges of submitting forged documents to obtain a diplomatic passport will be delivered on the 06th May, 2022 the Colombo Magistrate’s Court announced today (March 11).

Prima Ceylon (Pvt) Limited and Serendib Flour Mills (Pvt) Ltd have decided to increase the price of wheat flour by Rs. 38 with immediate effect.

Prices of all airline tickets issued from Sri Lanka have been increased by 27% from today due to the depreciation of the Sri Lanka Rupee against US Dollar, The Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka (CAA) announced today (March 11).

Issues pertaining to the opening of Letters of Credit (LCs) and payment for liquefied petroleum (LP) gas have been sorted out, says the Chairman of Litro Gas.

Permission was granted yesterday (March 10) to increase the price of medicine in a reasonable manner relative to the exchange rate, State Minister of Drug Production, Supply and Regulation Professor Channa Jayasumana stated.

Lanka IOC has decided to increase fuel prices from midnight today (March 10).

Sri Lanka is beginning to feel the pain from China’s debt trap, which will take it to a place it doesn’t want to be: knocking on the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) door.

China once again kept silent on Sri Lanka’s request for debt restructuring but said it has been assisting the island nation to the best of its ability to overcome its forex crisis.

MP Lohan Ratwatte has been given another State Ministry in addition to his current position as the State Minister of Gem & Jewellery related Industries.

The selling rate of the US dollar at the daily exchange rate of several banks in Sri Lanka is reported as Rs. 260.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa told SLFP last week that he was sorry about his decision to sack Ministers Udaya Gammanpila and Wimal Weerawansa. But he stressed that he had been compelled to take that decision, according to Environment Minister cum Sri Lanka Freedom Party senior Mahinda Amaraweera.