\The Jathika Jana Balawegaya (JJB) says the country can come out of the present crisis if the government, private sector, farmers, expatriates and all other citizens get together and make a united effort for two to three years.
The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) has reached agreement to amend its constitution to empower the party chairman to expel any member found to have acted against SLFP policies and discipline.
Party authorities have barred certain members of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna’s (SLPP) reformist group from speaking in parliament after 13 of its members sat in the opposition yesterday (31), reports say.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said today (01) it has reached a staff-level agreement with Sri Lanka to provide 2.9 billion US dollars over four years to help salvage the country from its economic crisis.
The United Nations has said the Sri Lankan government has taken steps in the right direction with regard to missing persons, even as there are calls to the international community to ensure justice for victims of enforced disappearances in both the north and the south.
Sri Lanka’s economic crisis is a consequence of the corruption over two Rajapaksa regimes, said former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga.
Sri Lanka is on track to receive enough petroleum supply to overcome the present fuel crisis till the end of this year as three international suppliers have been awarded contracts in accordance with proper procurement procedure, Energy Ministry sources confirmed.
The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) has had an internal dialogue on whether it was a mistake for Gotabaya Rajapaksa to resign from the executive presidency.
Exiled former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa is expected back home from Thailand tomorrow night (02), according to reliable sources.
‘Daily Mirror’ online recently quoted a Chinese embassy official as saying that Sri Lanka had not responded to an intimation by Beijing to the Finance Ministry three months ago that it was willing to discuss the island’s debts to China’s banks.
