Category: Local News

The Mirigama to Kurunegala stretch of the Central Expressway (E04) will be opened to the public on January 15, 2022, Minister of Highways Johnston Fernando said today (December 30).

The Sapugaskanda Oil Refinery will be closed from January 03 due to the shortage of US dollars for the purchase of crude oil, says Minister of Energy Udaya Gammanpila.

The Milk Powder Importers’ Association has decided to increase the prices of imported powdered milk with effect from midnight today (December 30).

Parliamentarian Dr. Rajitha Senarathne says the controversial bond transactions and the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks were mistakes that should’ve been prevented, during the term of the good governance government.

Minister of Environment, Mahinda Amaraweera said the Government would have to seek assistance from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to overcome the Forex crisis.

Around 70,000 tourists arrived in the country in December, according to the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA).

Minimum bus fare will be increased by Rs. 03 with effect from January 05, 2022.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has agreed to reimburse Sri Lanka USD 85 million that was spent on purchasing stocks of Sinopharm vaccine doses

Sri Lanka’s foreign reserves have today reached approximately US$ 3.1 billion, Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal said.

The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) is planning to form a new subsidiary company named Trinco Petroleum Terminals Ltd.

Former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday urged the government to finalise the credit line with India to purchase food, fuel, etc., as soon as possible.

A fire has broken out at a boat manufacturing factory in the Mattakkuliya area.

The Bangladesh Bank has extended validity of the credit facility it extended to Sri Lanka by three months after the expiry of the first three-month tenure of the credit facility, foreign media reported.

The Chinese government donated Rs.19.6 million to Samagi Jana Balawegaya’s (SJB) medical equipment donation programme ‘Husmak’ recently.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has accepted the letter of resignation tendered by Dr. P. B. Jayasudera, who is the current Secretary to the President.

Sri Lanka has announced the closure of three overseas diplomatic missions in a bid to save foreign currency reserves, as the country’s Central Bank slaps tighter controls on dollars needed to finance essential imports.