The price of locally manufactured milk powder in Sri Lanka will be increased from midnight tomorrow (October 05).

The price of Litro domestic gas cylinders will be reduced by Rs.200 to Rs.300 from midnight tomorrow (October 05), Litro Gas Lanka Chairman Muditha Peiris said.

Sri Lanka Government approved the compulsory retirement age of employees serving in State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) to be revised to 60 years.

Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa proposed Parliamentarian Charitha Herath be re-appointed to the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE).

Sri Lanka Government has issued an extraordinary gazette notification declaring electricity, fuel, health services as essential services.

The price of diesel was not reduced during the recent fuel price revision as only a profit of one rupee was being made per litre, Sri Lanka’s Minister of Power & Energy Kanchana Wijesekera on Monday (October 03) revealed to Parliament.

Sri Lanka’s headline consumer prices could turn a corner in October from a likely peak in September, due to higher base effects last year and the back-to-back deceleration seen in monthly food prices since July.

LITRO Gas Lanka Ltd has decided to reduce the selling prices of the Litro LP domestic gas again from midnight October 05, LITRO Lanka Chairman Muditha Peiris said.

Former Chairman of Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) Professor Charitha Herath was not included in the list of COPE members announced by the Speaker on Monday (October 03).

Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission congratulating President Ranil Wickremesinghe on his election as the President of the Democratic of Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka has assured its support to the government of Sri Lanka for the efforts to overcome the crisis successfully.

The names of the Members nominated by the Committee of Selection to serve in the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) and the Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) have been announced.

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe says plans are underway to begin construction on 2,000 housing units for low-income families to coincide with the 75th Independence Day celebrations.

Steps have been taken to provide medicines and medical supplies worth Rs. 4,600 million (USD 12 million) with the intervention of the Sri Lanka Embassy in Washington DC, President’s Media Division (PMD) said.

The prices of certain brands of liquor and cigarettes have been increased with effect from midnight yesterday (October 01).

The Government of Sri Lanka has taken measures to waive duties imposed on five imported raw materials for locally produced sanitary napkins in order to make hygiene products more affordable in view of ensuring hygiene among women and school girls, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said.

A 29-year-old woman travelling in a bus has died after reportedly being accidentally shot during a shooting incident at Danowita, Gampaha this morning (October 02).