Just around Rs. 2 trillion worth of assets are held out of Rs. 8 trillion of project loans obtained by Sri Lanka so far, said auditor-general W.P.C. Wickramaratne.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe was hosted by Indian minister of external affairs Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar for a one-on-one meeting yesterday (20), the President’s Media Division said.
A Muslim poet, Ahnaf Jazeem, has been designated further by the Sri Lankan government.
The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MPs yesterday (20) signed a no-confidence motion against health minister Keheliya Rambukwella.
The draft Central Bank Act was passed with amendments yesterday afternoon (20) at a House vote following a day-long debate.
Rohan Fernando, chairman of Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT), has claimed that he has been replaced by way of a ‘boardroom coup’.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe departed for New Delhi this afternoon (20) in his first official visit to India as the head of state.
Merrill J. Fernando, the founder of the renowned Sri Lankan tea brand ‘Dilmah Tea’, passed away in Colombo this morning (20), aged 93.
Directors of Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) have replaced their chairman Rohan Fernando with Reyaz Mihular, who was recently appointed a director by the president.
Mullaitivu district court judge T. Pradeepan will decide today (20) whether further excavations are needed at a site said to be a mass grave at Kokku Thuduvai.
