Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu who is currently on an official visit to Sri Lanka met with President Ranil Wickremesinghe and assured to support Sri Lanka during this difficult period.

Delivering a special statement on tax policy today (October 19), Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe explained the cause of recent tax implementation and elaborated on the progress made with regard to debt restructuring.

The World Bank, in its Sri Lanka Development Update (SLDU), emphasises that the first step the country should take is to determine the current needs of the population in a transparent and unbiased manner.

The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Moscow has secured a long-term Credit Line from the Government of the Russian Federation in order to procure fuel to Sri Lanka, the embassy said.

One person killed and two persons including a 03-year-old child injured in a shooting incident that took place in the Yakkalamulla, Galle today (October 19).

Rated Sri Lankan corporates in consumer-goods retail, power generation and homebuilding will be among the most affected if the economic crisis deepens or is sustained for a prolonged period, says Fitch Ratings.

A 21-year-old woman was shot dead in the area of Shivanagar in Nedunkerni, Vavuniya last night (October 18).

Sri Lanka approved legislation on Tuesday to let companies from oil-producing nations import and sell fuel as it attempts to cope with a steep oil bill that deepened its worst financial crisis in decades.

Most Venerable Dr. Pallegama Siriniwasa Nayaka Thero, Custodian and Chief Priest of Maha Bodhi, and Atamasthanadhipathi, has passed away at the age of 69.

The second reading of the the Petroleum Products Special Provisions Amendment Bill was passed with a majority of 60 votes in Parliament a short while ago.

Sri Lanka’s Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera told Parliament today (October 18) that even after the electricity tariff increase, the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) is to incur a loss of Rs. 152 Billion.

The vessel belonging to the Sri Lanka Navy, which went missing off the southern coast of the island after losing contact for nearly 30 days, has managed to re-establish communication, Naval Spokesperson says.

Additional fuel quota will be provided to three-wheelers over the next couple of weeks, Minister of Power & Energy Kanchana Wijesekera said.

Japan is working to organise a meeting of Sri Lanka’s creditors by the end of this year in hopes of solving that country’s debt crisis, the Japan News (By Yomiuri Shimbun) has learned.

Sri Lankan writer Shehan Karunatilaka won the Booker Prize on Monday for his second novel “The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida,” about a dead war photographer on a mission in the afterlife.

Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Power and Energy has decided to reduce fuel prices with effect from 09:00 PM today (October 17).