By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) yesterday (10) said that it couldn’t report the lawyer involved in the Aeroflot affair to the Supreme Court, without inquiring into the incident.It transpired, before High Court Judge, S. M. H. S.P. Sethunge, in the Commercial High Court of the Western Province, […]

Courtesy Adaderana The United Kingdom on Friday (June 10) relaxed the travel advisory issued to its citizens arriving Sri Lanka, announcing that its Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office no longer advises against all but essential travel to the island nation. However, a notice issued by the UK government noted that the economic situation in Sri […]

Courtesy Adaderana It was revealed during yesterday’s meeting between the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) and the Ceylon Electricity Board that the CEB had continuously purchased power for higher prices from the Ace Power Plant located in Embilitpitya. The CEB had continuously included the capital cost into the purchase of a unit of power even […]

Courtesy Adaderana China says it is ready to continue to work with Sri Lanka to jointly tackle risks and challenges and help Sri Lanka overcome the current difficulties, ease the debt burden and realize sustainable development. This was mentioned during a discussion between Director-General of the Department of Asian Affairs of the Foreign Ministry Liu […]

Courtesy Adaderana A fuel information management system has been introduced in Sri Lanka to provide information to the general public on the island-wide fuel distribution process. This initiative is a collaboration between the Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA), Ceylon Petroleum Storage Terminals Ltd., and the Ministry of Power and Energy. The […]

Courtesy Hiru News Former President Maithripala Sirisena says that the present government should be changed to overcome the crises facing the country. Meanwhile, politicians also expressed various views regarding the Electricity Act passed in Parliament recently.

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Courtesy Hiru News President Gotabaya Rajapaksa categorically denied any authorisation to the award of a Wind Power Project in Mannar to any specific person or entity as stated by the CEB Chairman at a COPE committee hearing regarding the awarding of a Wind Power Project in Mannar.  

Coutesy Hiru News CEB Chairman, M.M.C.Ferdinando states that he made a reference regarding the Prime Minister of India, when questioned by COPE on 10 June 2022, which was totally incorrect and records his unconditional apology. Hon Chairman of the COPE Committee, In regard to the clarification made by me at the COPE meeting held on […]

Dr. Tilak S. Fernando   Honest and intelligent lawmakers needed. There are rumours that Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe had to take over the finance portfolio since no member of the Sri Lankan Parliament was willing to take up this challenge of managing the country’s finances. Instead of looking at the scenario negatively, it […]

Embassy & Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka Bangkok The 75th Anniversary of the UNESCAP was celebrated and the 78th session of the UNESCAP under the theme A common agenda to advance sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific” held on hybrid mode from 23- 27 May 2022 at the United Nations Conference Centre in Bangkok. […]

Courtesy The Daily News Spokesman Rice said it’s too early to discuss potential financing Says can’t affirm when staff-level agreement will be reached either Acknowledges SL faced with very difficult economic condition, severe balance of payment problems In-person mission due in Colombo in coming weeks While the government is looking to firm up the negotiations […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena has recommended the release of information about the Monetary Board proceedings to restore public confidence in the handling of public finance. He has made this recommendation in a letter dated 08 June to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Referring to the recent shocking disclosure of politically-motivated decisions […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The struggle that claimed the life of innocent parliamentarian Amarakeerthi Athukorala is no longer an innocent or peaceful struggle, former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa said today. Speaking at the vote of condolence of late parliamentarian Amarakeerthi Athukorala, he told Parliament that even the religious leaders at the ‘Aragalaya” did not intervene […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has emphasized the need to maintain more efficient and quality public transport services to attract passengers. The people have been severely inconvenienced due to the increase in oil prices and at the same time, there is a high demand for public transportation, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said in a […]

Courtesy Adaderana The name of business tycoon Dhammika Perera has been gazetted as a Member of Parliament from Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP). The communiqué was issued by the Election Commission today (June 10). Earlier today, SLPP’s General Secretary Sagara Kariyawasam said Dhammika Perera’s name was proposed to the Election Commission to fill the National List […]

Courtesy Adaderana New approaches should be found to attract tourists President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has said at a progress review meeting of the Ministry of Tourism. The meeting was held at the President’s House in Colombo Fort today (June 10). More than 4 million people are directly and indirectly involved in the tourism industry. The tourism […]

Courtesy Hiru News Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Finance signed an agreement with the EXIM Bank of India for a USD 55 million credit line to purchase 65,000 tonnes of urea from India, according to the Prime Minister’s office. The Secretary to the Ministry of Finance M. Siriwardena today (10) signed an agreement with EXIM Bank […]

Courtesy Hiru News ජුනි මස 20 වැනි දින ජාත්‍යන්තර මූල්‍ය අරමුදල මෙරටට පැමිණෙන බව අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ මාධ්‍ය ආයතන වෙත දැනුම්දී තිබෙනවා. අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා ඊයේ (9) පස්වරුවේ මෙරට මාධ්‍ය ආයතන හිමිකරුවන් සමග පැවැති සාකච්ඡාවකදියි මේ බව ප්‍රකාශ කළේ. මෙම සාකච්ඡාවේදී අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයාගේ ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨ ආර්ථික උපදේශක ආචාර්ය ආර් .එස්.එච්.සමරතුංග රටේ ආර්ථික තත්ත්වය පිළිබඳව දැනුවත් කර සිටියා. ජුනි මාසය […]

Shenali D Waduge The caretaker Prime Minister in Parliament made an emotional appeal showing his concern for farmers in these trying times who could not obtain loans because they did not have title ownership to the State land leased to them. His solution was to give full ownership to those on state land. Besides the […]

Sugath Kulatunga It is gratifying to see that the grow more food campaign is on the move. The media has something more than the Aragalaya to talk about. But it seems to be ad hoc and not well planned as a national campaign. We have over 20 distinct agroclimatic zones with their distinctive advantages. Of […]

Dr. Shakuntala Bhabani Kolkata As the island nation confronts a terrible economic and humanitarian food crisis, Sri Lanka’s prime minister has warned of a food shortage, promising to buy enough fertilizer for the upcoming planting season to enhance yields. Sri Lanka is pleading with its neighbors for food assistance as the country’s fiscal problem worsens […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් රුසියාවෙන් ඉන්ධන, ගෑස්, පොහොර ලබා ගැනීම සඳහා මැදිහත් නොවන්නේ ඇමරිකාව අමනාප වන නිසා බව අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ මහතා සඳහන් කර තිබේ. මේ අවස්ථාවේ එවන් තත්ත්වයක් ඇති කර ගත යුතු නැතැයි අගමැතිවරයා සඳහන් කර ඇත්තේ පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ ස්වාධීන පක්ෂ සමඟ පැවති සාකච්ඡාවකදීය. තමන්ද එම අවස්ථාවේ එහි සිටි බව ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුනේ නායක […]

Courtesy Daily Record The airline said that it is getting in touch with all customers affected by the decision. TUI has cancelled more holidays to Sri Lanka amid political and economic instability in the country. The airline had originally cancelled all flights and holidays up to June 12 – but this has now been extended to June 30. Bosses are […]

Courtesy India Today ri Lanka’s Election Commission Chairman Nimal G Punchihewa said that if an election is held, it will be free and fair only if there is an environment to support it. Sri Lanka’s Election Commission Chairman Nimal G Punchihewa on Thursday said that the country cannot go for an election until the economic […]

Courtesy CNA LONDON: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is planning a staff-level mission in the coming weeks to Sri Lanka “to engage on policy discussions on a programme”, the fund’s spokesman Gerry Rice said on Thursday (Jun 9) in Washington. The goal of the next mission will be to build on the technical discussions already […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Leaders of nine political parties including National Freedom Front (NFF) and Pivithuru Hela Urumaya have requested President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to initiate bilateral discussions with Russia in view to procure fuel on long term credit facility. In a letter addressed to the President, they said if the government fails to do so, […]

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Courtesy Adaderana President Gotabaya Rajapaksa says that the country must build trust in the international community regarding Sri Lanka Port by providing an efficient service utilizing modern technology.  The President made these remarks participating in the progress review meeting of the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Aviation held at the President’s House, Colombo today (09).  […]

Courtesy Adaderana Former Secretary to the Ministry of Finance Mr. S.R. Attygalle says it is unreasonable to claim that the country lost nearly Rs. 500 billion due to the change in tax policies of the new government, as this was due to the loss caused by the import restrictions imposed, including the suspension of the […]