Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has issued an extraordinary gazette revoking the order issued declaring the High Security Zones.

The prices of Petrol 92 Octane and Petrol 95 Octane will be reduced from midnight today (October 01), Minister of Power & Energy Kanchana Wijesekera said.

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has proposed the establishment of an International University on Climate Change in Sri Lanka in order to enable students from any country in the world to engage in educational activities.

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickramasinghe released a message on World Children’s and Elders day.

A key measure of Sri Lanka’s consumer inflation surged to an annual record 69.8% in September, official data showed on Friday, highlighting the challenge for the central bank as the island reels under its worst financial crisis in seven decades.

Two unidentified bodies have been recovered from Kurundu Oya in the area of Walapane, Sri Lanka Police said.

Japan is prepared to “do its part” over Sri Lanka’s debt issue, but other creditors, such as China and India, should also be involved in efforts to resolve it, Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said Thursday.

Sri Lanka has been successful in jumping up the ranking on the 2022 edition of the Global Innovation Index (GII), securing the 85th position in the world ranking and fifth in the regional ranking.

The ‘National Council’ has decided to form two sub-committees related to national policies and economic stabilisation in the inaugural meeting held with the participation of the ruling party and the Opposition yesterday (September 29).

Amidst major economic stress, Sri Lanka is undertaking an unprecedented fiscal effort as part of the government’s commitment to restoring the country’s debt sustainability, Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe said.

The Colombo District Court today (September 29) ordered the Government of Sri Lanka to pay a compensation of 30 million rupees to a disabled child, ruling that the disability was a result of the negligence of the doctors and the staff members of the Gampaha District Hospital.

From a strategic standpoint, keeping the past and also most recent lessons learnt in mind, with the new found leadership of the present government, Sri Lanka should call for a national determination where all sectors of Sri Lankan society including civil organisations, security institutions, political entities, and business associations come together to discuss fundamental issues such as national identity, national reconciliation, transitional justice, governance structure and economic revival, said the Defence Secretary General Kamal Gunaratne today (September 29).

Sri Lanka’s government appears increasingly upbeat about its chances of receiving International Monetary Fund (IMF) board approval for a USD 2.9 billion bailout by December, but the multilateral lender has cautioned that the time frame remains uncertain, and much depends on discussions with the heavily indebted country’s creditors.

The political party leaders have decided to debate the draft of the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution on October 06 and 07, the Communications Department of Sri Lanka Parliament says.

The European Union has released €1.5 million in humanitarian aid to respond to the ongoing socio-economic crisis affecting millions of people in Sri Lanka.

State Minister Sanath Nishantha who is alleged to have made a statement that was in contempt of court, was issued a summons by the Court of Appeal to be present in Court on 13th October 2022.