The price of a 50 kg Muriate of Potash (MOP) fertilizer bag, also known as ‘Bandi Pohora’, has been reduced by Rs. 4,500 for the ongoing Yala cultivation season in Sri Lanka, Minister of Agriculture Mahinda Amaraweera said.

The Government of Japan through the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is providing USD 4,629,629 to strengthen the production capacity of smallholder paddy farmers in identified districts of the Dry and Intermediate Zones of Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe today (May 16) appointed a new Chairman and members to Sri Lanka’s National Police Commission (NPC).

The Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) has appreciated against the US dollar (USD) today (May 16), according to the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL).

Song “Danno Budunge” is to be listed as a national heritage of Sri Lanka based on its uniqueness.

A 52-year-old man was killed and his 20-year-old son was injured in a shooting incident that took place last night (May 15) in Denipitiya in Weligama, police said.

Three provincial Governors have been removed from their positions by President Ranil Wickremesinghe today (May 15).

The Sri Lankan economy is expected to contract by 3% in 2023 given the weak external environment, Krishna Srinivasan, Director of the Asia Pacific Department at the International Monetary Fund, said on Monday.

The use of fingerprint scanner machines to mark attendance is again mandatory for government employees in Sri Lanka from today (May 15).

No request was made to the President Ranil Wickremesinghe to re-appoint former President Mahinda Rajapaksa as the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, the General Secretary of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Sagara Kariyawasam said.

The Small Scale Agri-Entrepreneurship Participation Programme (SAPP) project of Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Agriculture has introduced a relief loan programme allowing unemployed youths to obtain loans at an interest rate of 6.5 percent for agricultural activities.

Annual contribution to the country’s national income through the Kithul industry is more than Rs.50 billion, Agriculture Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said.

Landslide warnings have been issued for several areas in five districts in Sri Lanka which will be in effect till 1:30 PM tomorrow (May 15) by the National Building Research Organisation (NBRO).

The Australian Government has gifted a former Royal Australian Air Force Beechcraft KA350 aircraft to Sri Lanka, the Australian High Commission in Colombo said.

The price of a 50 kg cement bag has been reduced by Rs. 150 with effect from midnight yesterday (May 13).

Sri Lankan migrant workers’ foreign remittances increased to US$ 454.0 million in April 2023 from US$ 248.9 million in April 2022, according to Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment Manusha Nanayakkara.