The Cabinet of Ministers has approved a proposal to amend Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) Act to ensure a minimum of 9 percent annual interest rate to members during the next four-year period (2023 to 2026) following Domestic Debt Optimisation.

Unit 2 of the Norochcholai Coal Power Plant, which generates 270 megawatts of electricity, experienced a breakdown early this morning (August 08), the Power and Energy Ministry said.

Nine individuals who forcibly entered the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) were arrested by Police this morning (August 08).

A 45-year-old accountant attached to a chemical factory on Veedi Mawatha in Kandana was killed after a fire broke out in the premises this morning (August 08), police said.

Four personnel attached to the Excise Department were arrested by Sri Lanka Police over the shooting that took place near a filling station on Marine Drive, Bambalapitiya on Monday (August 07) at around 04:30 PM.

A married couple was shot dead inside their home at Toppas in​​ Nuwara Eliya last night (August 07), Police said.

More than 28,000 families in six districts of Sri Lanka are currently facing difficulties to access safe drinking water, the Disaster Management Centre said.

Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar on Monday visited two schools in Sri Lanka and interacted with students in his role as UNICEF’s Goodwill Ambassador.

Monetary policy transmission to the real economy in Sri Lanka is still incomplete, the governor of the country’s central bank, Nandalal Weerasinghe, said at a LSEG FX Community Event on Monday.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has delivered 8,360 metric tonnes of urea fertiliser to the Ministry of Agriculture for distribution during the forthcoming Maha cropping season.

Sri Lanka’s official Reserve Assets have increased to USD 3,762 million in July 2023, compared to USD 3,724 million in June 2023, according to the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL).

Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe has approved the provision of compensation to farmers who have suffered crop damage due to the prevailing dry weather conditions.

Two military personnel were reported dead after a training aircraft of the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) crashed inside the SLAF Academy in China Bay a few minutes after the take-off this morning (August 07) in Trincomalee.

Iran has voiced readiness to share its scientific and technological knowledge and expertise with “friendly” countries, including the South Asian island nation of Sri Lanka.

The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) has rejected a recent request made by the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB), seeking another electricity tariff revision to cover their losses.

Steps will be taken to revise water tariffs once every 6 months by introducing a price formula, the Ministry of Water Supply and Estate Infrastructure Development announced.