A tense situation occurred during a protest by Buddhist monks near the entrance to the parliamentary complex today (08).
President Ranil Wickremesinghe delivered the government’s policy statement in parliament today (08) and reiterated that anarchy cannot be allowed in the country.
Leading trade unions are conducting a widespread work stoppage today (08) in a mark of protest against the new taxes introduced by the government.
A fundamental rights petition filed by SJB’s Mujibur Rahman in connection with the local government polls will be taken up for hearing on February 16, the Supreme Court has decided.
The extraction of some 48,000 tonnes of scrap metal from the X-Press Pearl shipwreck will not be permitted without an import-export license, state minister of finance Ranjith Siyamabalapitiya said.
Electricity generation could get affected by any failure to make advance payments for the coal shipments that have been ordered, said the Lanka Coal Company.
Commissioner General of Election Saman Sri Ratnayake has filed an affidavit to the Supreme Court seeking orders to facilitate holding the local government polls.
A Sri Lankan woman living in Turkey remains unaccounted for following the earthquake that devastated the country, said Sri Lankan ambassador Hasanthi Dissanayake.
Pope Francis meets the journalists during an airborne press conference aboard the airplane directed to Rome, at the end of his pastoral visit to Congo and South Sudan, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023. | Tiziana Fabi/AP Photo
The European Union (EU) has allocated 4 million Euro (approximately Rs. 1.5 billion) in grants for fertilizers, seeds, and training to the most vulnerable farmers, as a response to the agriculture and food security crisis in Sri Lanka.
