▶sinhala– සිංහල ▶english– “The Government will not receive a two thirds majority in Parliament for a revision of the provincial council system through a constitutional amendment,” Fisheries Minister Rajitha Senaratne told a news conference yesterday. The Ministers said that there was …
Sri Lanka’s Treasury Secretary Dr. PB Jayasundera called on the private sector to stop corruption and pay taxes and work harder in order to transform Sri Lanka into a more vibrant economy where all citizens benefited from development, as government tax revenue continued …
The country continues to lose nearly 150 MW of low cost hydro power daily and this trend would continue with the possibility of repairs to a Kukule Ganga turbine taking about one year, engineers warned yesterday. Two plants at Kukule, which contributed …
The United States is unlikely to grant another waiver to Sri Lanka to allow it to import Iranian crude, Sri Lanka’s Oil Minister Anura Priyadharshana Yapa told Reuters on Monday. “They (U.S. officials) met me twice and told in plain language that …
Sri Lanka’s rupee hit a near seven-month low on Monday, before a state-controlled bank intervened to stabilise the currency, dealers said, amid continuous depreciation pressure due to dollar demand from importers and foreign investors who are exiting in the wake of rising …
▶sinhala– සිංහල ▶english– Tamils are against the diluting of powers in the 13th Amendment to the constitution, former LTTE media coordinator and now an SLFP candidate for the Northern Provincial Council elections, Daya Master, said. Daya Master told the BBC Tamil …
BRITAIN is planning to force visitors from India, Pakistan, Nigeria and other countries whose nationals are deemed to pose a “high risk” of immigration abuse to provide a cash bond before they can enter the country, a report said Sunday. The Sunday …
A renowned US-based Indian economist has predicted that Chinese currency renminbi will eclipse dollar in international trading systems within 10 to 15 years. Dr. Arvind Subramanian, who has been named by Foreign Policy magazine as one of the world’s top 100 global …
‘The Elders’, a council of retired global leaders led by Desmond Tutu has slammed Sri Lanka, based on its report, for lacking post-war reconciliation. They also expressed their disappointment over its slow pace of improvement in allowing “proper media reporting”. “The ongoing persecution …
▶sinhala– සිංහල ▶english– Around 250 workers of a pro-Eelam Tamil outfit on Sunday protested against the reported training of Sri Lankan armed forces personnel at an Army campus near here, leading to a Police lathi charge and arrest of 120 of them. Police had …