Milk powder, wheat flour, LP gas and cement excluded from list of specified goods

Milk powder, wheat flour, LP gas and cement have been excluded from the list of ‘specified goods’ through Extraordinary Gazette notifications.



Sri Lanka Government Forms Panel to Study Digital Banking, Blockchain for Attracting Investment

Sri Lanka’s Cabinet approved the formation of a committee that will study the rules and regulations governing digital banking, blockchain and crypto mining in other nations, as well as methods to prevent money laundering.



Inter-provincial travel ban further extended

The inter-provincial travel restrictions have been extended until October 21, the President’s Media Division said.



Gazette on essential item prices this afternoon

State Minister of Co-operative Services, Marketing Development and Consumer Protection Lasantha Alagiyawanna says a special Gazette Notification will be issued this afternoon pertaining to the revised prices of essential commodities after the control price was lifted.



Milk powder importers announce revised prices

The Milk Powder Importers Association announced the revised prices of milk powder after the government decided to remove the price controls on four essential items.



225 Police Chief Inspectors promoted to ASP rank

A total of 225 Chief Inspectors (CI) of Police have been promoted to the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), says the Ministry of Public Security.



Karu tells government to be mindful of teachers’ dignity

President of the National Movement for a Just Society, former Speaker Karu Jayasuriya yesterday said that Sri Lanka must be concerned about the professional dignity of the Sri Lankan teachers and that the government must place great emphasis on education.



Get ready to work with renewed energy under ‘new normal’ – President

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa told the District Secretaries to be prepared to work with renewed energy under the new normal conditions to overcome COVID-19 pandemic setbacks suffered in all sectors during the last two years.



Five including children killed in house fire in Nuwara Eliya

A fire has broken out inside a house in Ragalawatta, Nuwara Eliya last night (October 07), killing five persons including two children.



Government removes control price of essential goods including milk powder

The government has decided to remove price controls over essential items including flour, milk powder, cement and domestic Liquid Petroleum (LP) gas, Minister Lasantha Alagiyawanna said.



A/L & Grade 5 Scholarship exams, postponed

G.C.E. Advanced Level and Grade 5 Scholarship examinations will have to be postponed once again, State Minister of Education Reforms Susil Premajayantha said, addressing the Parliament today (October 07).



Three female cops simultaneously promoted to Acting DIG rank for first time in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka Police has simultaneously promoted three female Senior Superintendents of Police (SSPs) to the rank of Acting Deputy Inspector General (DIG), marking a breakthrough in its history.



2022 Appropriation Bill to be presented in Parliament today

The 2022 Appropriation Bill is due to be presented in Parliament today (07).



Special priorities of Finance Ministry amended in new gazette

A Gazette Extraordinary has been published to further amend the special priorities related to the institutional and legal framework of the Ministry of Finance.



Internet to all Villages

The Cabinet of Ministers approved the resolution forwarded by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in his capacity as the Minister of Technology to expand the ‘Communication to the Village’ project introduced to provide high-speed Internet connections to the entire country, Co-cabinet Spokesman Mass Media Minister Dullas Alahapperuma said.



Sri Lankan arrested in India for arms trafficking to fund revival of LTTE

India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested a Sri Lankan national and former member of the LTTE’s intelligence wing for his alleged involvement in arms and drug trafficking from Pakistan to Sri Lanka