Category: Local News

Former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday (March 09) requested the Government to present in Parliament the International Monetary Fund (IMF) report on Sri Lanka.

The Personal Data Protection Bill presented by Minister Namal Rajapaksa was passed in Parliament yesterday (March 09) with amendments.

Sri Lanka’s fuel import plans have been disrupted by a rapid spike in global crude prices after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, leaving the crisis-hit island nation struggling to pay for diesel amid power cuts as fuel pumps run dry, officials said.

Gazette notification has been issued by the Department of Import and Export Control limiting the import of 367 non-essential goods into Sri Lanka unless with a valid licence.

After the decision by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) to devalue the rupee against the US dollar to Rs. 230, the mainline medicine manufacturing companies and importers are contemplating to stop supplying medicine to pharmacies from yesterday..

Chairman of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), former President Maithripala Sirisena said the President and Prime Minister pledged to convene an all-party general assembly at the end of this month, to discuss the current crises in the country.

The government has agreed to provide financial assistance for the national tree planting programme called Husma Dena Thuru.

As Sri Lanka battles one of its worst economic crises in over 70 years, its Central Bank Governor expressed optimism the country would be able to pull through, but stressed the importance of measures that “may be not very palatable”.

Jayantha Samaraweera, National Organiser of National Freedom Front (NFF) has resigned from his state minister position.

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka has announced the official exchange rates for the day with the US dollar buying rate recorded at Rs. 225.20.

Former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe says the decision taken by the Special Presidential Commission of Inquiry to summon a number of Members of Parliament is problematic and also a security threat.

Litro Gas says 2,500 metric tons of domestic liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) has arrived in Sri Lanka and is currently being unloaded at the company’s storage terminal in Kerawalapitiya.

The Supreme Court has determined that certain clauses in the Bill to amend the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act No. 48 of 1979 need to be revised, Speaker of Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena informed the Parliament today (March 08).

The Central Bank has decided to pay an additional premium of Rs.38 for every US dollar sent by expatriate workers through approved channels.

Sri Lanka has maintained its official reserves at USD 2.31 billion (USD 2,314 million) in February, says the Central Bank of Sri Lanka.

Nearly 1,000 bakeries have closed in Sri Lanka due to a severe shortage of cooking gas, an industry association said on Monday, as the impact of dwindling foreign exchange reserves ricochets through the country’s economy.