Special Envoy of President Ranil Wickremesinghe to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Environment Minister Naseer Ahamed had proposed to Saudi government to seek a five year credit line of US $ 6 billion per year for the supply of fuel on a government to government basis, as a long term solution to Sri Lanka’s current economic crisis, sources disclosed.

Actress and “Gota Go Gama” activist Damitha Abeyrathne has been arrested by the Police.

The Women Parliamentarians’ Caucus, which met in Parliament recently under the chairmanship of Dr. Sudarshini Fernandopulle, took into discussion the proposal presented to the committee with the objective of ensuring the rights and protection of Sri Lankan women as well as gender equality.

The United States will support the restructuring of Sri Lanka’s debt and extend financing assurances to the crisis-hit island nation, the U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in a letter seen by Reuters.

The Government of Sri Lanka has donated a consignment of Ceylon Tea to the flood victims of Pakistan following the devastating flash floods in recent weeks.

Three more persons were arrested for forcibly entering the Temple Trees and causing damage to public property on July 9, 2022.

Sri Lanka is at a critical juncture and the new Government must make progress on accountability as well as institutional and security sector reforms, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said in a report published on Tuesday.

People allege that the prices of vehicle spare parts such as lubricants, tires and batteries for motorcycles, three-wheelers, cars, buses has risen unbearably.

The proposed Social Security Contribution Tax will further burden the people as it would result in further increase of the Value Added Tax (VAT) to 20%, National People’s Power (NPP) leader Mr. Anura Kumara Dissanayake said today (September 06).

Sri Lanka’s earnings from exports increased in July 2022, while import expenditure declined for the fifth consecutive month on a year-on-year basis, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) said.

Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court has determined that some clauses of 22nd Amendment to the Constitution are inconsistent with the Constitution and needs to be approved through a special majority in Parliament and a referendum, Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeyawardane told Parliament today (September 06).

Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister Ali Sabry said on Monday a constitutional amendment bill trimming presidential powers is expected to become law in a couple of weeks.

Despite the country reaching self-sufficiency in canned fish production, the local canned fish manufacturers allege that the country’s largest modern retail chain, state-owned Lanka Sathosa, is attempting to purchase imported canned fish.

Sri Lanka will not accept any international investigation imposed by the U.N. Human Rights Council into alleged rights abuses during the country’s long civil war, an official said Monday.

Sri Lanka’s government has appointed a committee to facilitate the repatriation of Sri Lankan refugees from India, according to a statement from the government on Monday.