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On the request of the Ministry of Power and Energy, the Cabinet of Ministers on Thursday (September 23) decided to cancel the Coal Tender that was awarded on August 25.

The Cabinet of Ministers has given approval to import Glyphosate for a period of 06 months for all agricultural activities during the 2022 / 2023 Maha Season.

A plane carrying essential medicines worth Rs.500 million is scheduled to arrive in Sri Lanka from China today (September 23).

Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister Ali Sabry met President of the United States, Joe Biden at the reception on the occasion of the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) today (September 23).

The incident reported in the national newspapers and social media about a student consuming coconut kernel for lunch due to poverty, was found to be unfounded, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said.

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka will begin on Friday the tricky task of debt renegotiation with a raft of private and bilateral creditors, including China, India and Japan, to restructure and repay nearly $30 billion that it owes.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe says a special book exhibition including books and documents of rare and historical value that have been taken from Sri Lanka to foreign countries, is expected to be organised in conjunction with the 75th Independence Commemoration.

The United States will continue to support Sri Lanka through its economic crisis, U.S. Under Secretary Victoria Nuland has assured.

The staff-level agreement reached with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is not the final and that the Cabinet of Ministers & the Opposition will be briefed on the agreement soon, Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe informed the Speaker of Parliament.

Americares, a health-focused relief and development organisation, donated more than US$ 773,000 worth of urgently needed medicines and medical supplies to Sri Lanka, the Embassy of Sri Lanka in the US said.

Sri Lanka will present its programme agreed with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to its official and private creditors tomorrow (September 23) for the first time, seeking debt relief, as the US $ 81 billion crisis-hit economy seeks to turnaround its fortunes.

The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) says that the members of the SLFP who have received ministerial portfolios in the current government have been removed from all positions they held at SLFP.

Consumer inflation in Sri Lanka accelerated to 70.2% in August,the statistics department said on Wednesday, as the island nation reels under its worst economic crisis in decades.

Malaysia’s Cabinet has agreed to recruit 10,000 workers from Sri Lanka after taking into account the state of the country which has been hit by an economic crisis, says Minister Datuk Seri M. Saravanan.

The Mahanayake Theros of the four main Buddhist sects in the country are asking the President to prepare an electricity tariff policy that provides concessions to sacred places.