Steps will be taken to legally grant land and house ownership to millions of people who do not have a deed to their own lands and homes, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said.
Image: Sri Lanka Govt deployed huge detachments of police as it start negotiations with IMF on 22 June 2022.
Sri Lanka has been added to a watchlist of countries that have seen a rapid decline in civic freedoms.
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.
