Sri Lanka is open to discussions with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and other multilateral lenders for assistance, a cabinet spokesman said on Tuesday, as it faces its worst economic crisis in years.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday (February 22), directed Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa and Ministry officials to immediately release necessary funds to clear fuel shipments.

The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) has approved the request made by the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) to have rotational power shedding for tomorrow due to the shortage of fuel.

All the volumes, including the final report of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) into the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks and related witness records, have been submitted to Parliament.

Co-Cabinet Spokesman, Minister Ramesh Pathirana says the fuel prices could increase further in Sri Lanka due to the rise in crude oil prices in the world market.

The Supreme Court has determined that several clauses of the proposed Special Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill are inconsistent with the provisions of the Constitution.

Triggering further uncertainty on a possible fuel shortage in the country, the Central Bank said it could not release foreign exchange to the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) without getting the rupee component for it.

The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) yesterday (February 21) announced that 2-hour power cuts will be imposed on Tuesday (February 22).

Sri Lanka shipped out to Britain on Monday the last of several hundred containers filled with thousands of tonnes of illegally imported waste, officials said.

The opposition claims the government cannot depend on assistance from the International Monetary Fund anymore, since the period to seek IMF support has come to an end.

The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka has directed the Ceylon Electricity Board to adjust the island-wide rotational power shedding for Monday (February 21) to facilitate ongoing GCE AL exams.

Defence Secretary Gen. (Retd.) Kamal Gunaratne said school teachers are shouldering a lion’s share in creating an intelligent and obedient future student generation for the nation-building process.

If the immunization of all the people in the country reaches the desired level following adequate administration of the COVID-19 booster dose, authorities are prepared to do away with the current health regulations including the face mask rule, Health Services Director General Dr. Asela Gunawardena said.

Claiming that the government had failed to implement law against the perpetrators of the Easter Sunday attacks, JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake said today perpetrators of the attacks would be produced in court and punished as per under a future National People’s Power (NPP) government as claimed by the Cardinal.

State Minister Shehan Semasinghe says that it is important to introduce a code of ethics for social media.