Australia will provide $50 million in Official Development Assistance to support Sri Lanka meet urgent food and healthcare needs, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) said.
Litro Gas has clarified the truth behind the freight costs pertaining to the international LPG tender for 280,000 metric tonnes for the period 2022 – 2023.
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has stated that it is his policy not to leave anyone hungry in the face of the food crisis.
Former president and the leader of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) Maithripala Sirisena says that an interim all-party government is the only solution for resolving the multiple crises facing the country today.
Sri Lanka could have avoided its current economic turmoil if it had gone to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a bailout sooner, the country's central bank governor says.
A draft roadmap to mitigate the current economic crisis will be presented to the Parliament soon, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said, which would allow the Members of Parliament to present their ideas before finalising it.
At the 31st World Congress of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), Sandhya Ekneligoda, the wife of missing journalist, Prageeth Ekneligoda, spoke against impunity for the officials who are responsible for the disappearance of her husband.
The Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) and its Executive Director have filed a Fundamental Rights application challenging the appointment of business tycoon Dhammika Perera to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Basil Rajapaksa, as a Member of Parliament from the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) National List.
The embassy of the United States of America announced on Wednesday (15) that the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) board of directors has approved USD 120 million in new loans and investments to grow and support the Sri Lankan economy.
The National Movement for Social Justice (NMSJ) has urged the government to not deceive the Sri Lankan people by further delaying implementation of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution.
