An organisation representing Covid hit small and medium-scale enterprise (SME) sector has sought a redress from the Judiciary urging the monetary regulatory authority to properly provide the government’s relief package via banks and financial institutions.

The share of the budget controlled by the Rajapaksa family including the President and the Prime Minister has been revealed to be 27.89% according to the Budget Appropriation Bill issued for the year 2022.

Chief Opposition Whip Lakshman Kiriella raised concerns over the continued detention of Wanni District MP and All Ceylon Muslim Congress (ACMC) Leader Rishad Bathiudeen.

Cabinet approval was received to set up a committee on rules and regulations required to attract investments from companies operating in Digital Banking, Blockchain technology and Cryptocurrency Mining.

The decision to release fully vaccinated domestic and foreign passengers arriving in Sri Lanka from October 01 without being referred to PCR tests will put the entire country in danger, Chief Sangha Nayake of the Sri Lanka Ramannya Nikaya Ven. Dr. Omalpe Sobhitha Thera said.

Sri Lanka is on the verge of a catastrophe as never before in its history and the moment to take a united stand to protect the country has now dawned, former speaker Karu Jayasuriya said.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has informed the most senior officials at the Presidential Secretariat that it would not matter to him if he had to go home as long as he is able to do things the correct way in the next three years, highly placed sources said.

The Ministerial Consultative Committee on Labour has agreed to present the Employees’ Provident Fund (Amendment) Bill in Parliament for second reading and the committee has also agreed to present an order to Parliament under the Employees Provident Fund Act.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has assured that immediate steps will be taken to amend the necessary provisions of the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA).