Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe stressed the importance of financial discipline in nation-building and announced plans to promptly introduce formal measures to control public expenditure and generate new government revenue.

All necessary measures will be taken to reduce the tax burden currently imposed on the people as soon as possible, State Minister of Finance Ranjith Siyambalapitiya assured.

A 21-year-old girl named Chamodi Sandeepani Madushika Jayaratne, who was admitted to the Peradeniya teaching hospital on Wednesday (July 12) morning with a complaint of abdominal pain, died after being given two injections.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says it has not discussed any plans for a digital services tax with the Sri Lankan authorities in the current program.

Sri Lanka Government has spent Rs. 144 billion on welfare benefits last year and as per the agreements with the IMF and World Bank Sri Lanka had agreed to spend a minimum of Rs. 187 billion annually on welfare benefits, State Minister of Finance Shehan Semasinghe said.

The United Kingdom on Tuesday (July 11) welcomed Sri Lanka’s constructive engagement with the Universal Periodic Review process of the Human Rights Council and the initial steps it has taken to make progress in some areas since its last review.

Sri Lanka Government has decided to remove the import restrictions on 300 more essential goods next week, State Minister of Finance Ranjith Siyambalapitiya said today (July 12).

Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe has condemned the incident of burning the Holy Quran outside a mosque in Sweden amidst Eid al-Adha celebrations two weeks ago.

India is seeking a “positive transformation” in its ties with Sri Lanka, Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra said, following a meeting with President Ranil Wickremesinghe in Colombo on Tuesday (July 11).

Former Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena has paid Rs. 15 million, as part of Rs. 100 million he was ordered to pay to the victims of the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks as compensation.

The Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) has depreciated against the US dollar (USD) today (July 11), according to the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL).

Regulations related to the issuance of licenses for the import, export, selling or supplying petroleum products in Sri Lanka have been gazetted.