President Ranil Wickremesinghe told a cabinet meeting yesterday (30) that he will raise the salaries of all state sector employees via the upcoming 2024 budget.

Mount Lavinia additional magistrate Sanjaya L.M. Wijesinghe has rejected a motion seeking bail for former senior DIG Ravi Seneviratne, who was arrested and remanded for causing an accident while driving under the influence of alcohol.

Power and energy minister Kanchana Wijesekera yesterday (30) said he tabled the proposed electricity sector reforms bill for the observations and approval of the cabinet of ministers.

Further excavation into the Kokku Thoduvai mass grave site has been postponed again by three weeks.

The main reason for the irregularities taking place in the National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA) is the deletion of its database, said President of the Academy of Health Professionals Ravi Kumudesh.

As many as 6,969 vehicles had been imported even after the imposition of an import ban in June 2020, said Customs director Seevali Arukgoda.

Health sector trade unionist Ravi Kumudesh has revealed corrupt deals in the import of nine varieties of medicines.

The Colombo Commercial High Court has fixed the next hearing for 20 November a case against DSI Samson Group’s managing director Kasun Rajapaksa, directors Thusita Rajapaksa, Bhathiya Amarakoon, Asanka Rajapaksa and company secretary Varuni de Silva.

Prices are escalating for goods traded between Sri Lanka and Europe via Suez Canal as a result of a war risk premium imposed by insurers over the Israel-Palestine conflict.

The government is set to implement a new property tax starting from 2025, State Minister of Finance Ranjith Siyambalapitiya disclosed.