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President Ranil Wickramasinghe very optimistic on building the economy issued a statement after IMF acknowledgement of the credit facility to Sri Lankan government. It is very important to free the country from the debt crisis and build an economy that...

Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka exposed a big fraud in Parliament. He said a 150 crore stone mining contract was signed outside the tender procedure. The MP also said that a strongman of the Rajapaksa family, a strongman of the government...

Ranil's baila lines were countered by Sajith with a appropriate quote from Dammapada stanza. Presenting the budget, President Ranil Wickremesinghe took steps to sing a part of the song 'Aju Thapara Lahila' yesterday. In his reply speech today, Mr. Sajith...

Effective today, the government has decided to increase the price of a cigarette under 4 categories. Accordingly, it has been decided to increase the price of a cigarette by 3, 5, 10, 15 rupees.

Sri Lanka’s ongoing economic crisis would deepen if one creditor disagrees, a senior International Monetary Fund (IMF) official said amid concerns that China would not go along with Western creditors on debt restructuring on an equal footing. All Sri Lankan...

S.P.C. Sugeeshwara, Director of Irrigation (Hydrology), stated that four spill gates of the Deduru Oya were opened last night to release 8,400 cubic metres per second due to worsening weather conditions. With the current inclement weather, he said, water levels...

 Sri Lanka has to prepare a 2023 budget, market determine the exchange rate to get funds while working with creditors in parallel to restructure debt, International Monetary Fund officials said. “This is the beginning of a long road for Sri...

The Government of Sri Lanka and UNDP in Sri Lanka today announced the launch of the Sri Lanka SDG Investor Map (the Map), a market intelligence tool that seeks to direct private capital where Sri Lanka’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)...

The Gampaha High Court has acquitted two key suspects who were arrested over the murder of former Minister Jeyaraj Fernandopulle. Former SP of Gampaha Lakshman Cooray and former LTTE member Selvaraja Kirubakaran alias Morris have been acquitted by the court....

Galle district has become the dungeon of the underworld. A senior police officer said that 15 murders have taken place in Galle district in three months from June 1 to August 31 this year. Twelve of these murders were carried...