Lanka Private Bus Owners’ Association President Gemunu Wijeratne while vehemently opposing the minimum traffic fine increase up to Rs. 2500, however said the LPBOA will talk to the Finance Minister to iron out the issue.

Responding to a demand made by private bus operators to abolish the proposed minimum traffic fine of 2,500 rupees, Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake said that the proposal was made to save the lives of motorists as well as pedestrians and that the decision won’t be changed.

The tariff on water will increase by a minimum of 30%, the National Water Supply and Drainage Board (NWSDB) said today.

Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera on Friday said India realised the dangers of bottom-trawling, but the two countries should work out a win-win situation for poor fishermen on both sides of the Palk Bay.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told Parliament yesterday that if any policemen were found guilty of attacking disabled servicemen near the Presidential Secretariat last week they would be sacked from the service.

Lanka Private Bus Owners’ Association (LPBOA) Chairman, Gemunu Wijeratne, says that the government should immediately withdraw the proposal to increase the minimum fine for traffic offences to Rs 2,500.

America’s President-elect Donald Trump had acted in a film co-produced by the veteran Sri Lankan film-maker Chandran Rutnam along with Bo Derek.

Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake yesterday presented what the government called a progressive budget

“The Government and the people of Sri Lanka join me in congratulating you on your victory”, said President Maithripala Sirisena sending a congratulatory message to the President-elect of the US, Mr. Donald Trump.

Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake will present the third budget of the national unity government in Parliament tomorrow.

Tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka rose by 13.7 percent in October year-on-year with Indian and Chinese markets recording a commendable growth, statistics from the Tourism Department showed on Tuesday.

China today defended comments by its ambassador to Sri Lanka over criticism against high interest rates charged on Chinese loans to the country

Sri Lanka’s central bank is working with the IMF and the World Bank to introduce a new system for selling bonds to bring down sharply higher interest rates in long-term government securities, Deputy Governor Nandalal Weerasinghe told Reuters on Tuesday.

It has been decided to provide pension benefits to the differently abled War Heroes who volunteered to retire before completing their 12-year mandatory service period with retirement compensation