Tax revenue targets expected by the state cannot be met due to the disruptions to economic activities, said an economics expert.

The attorney general is to file a case in a Singaporean court in connection with the X-Press Pearl marine disaster, said the Marine Environment Pollution Prevention Authority (MEPA).

The Government Press is making arrangements to print the more than 100 ballot papers required for the local government polls following a notification by the Election Commission.

Ruling MP Madhura Withanage has called for the appointment of a select committee to inquire into matters relating to tax defaulting.

The gazette notification for the process to hold the local government polls is yet to be sent to the Government Printer.

Hundreds of Tamil plantation workers marched from Maliyappu Junction to Hatton yesterday (29) to mark 200 years since their arrival from India.

Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekara said that a charge sheet related to the removal of the chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) Janaka Ratnayake is being prepared and will be presented to Parliament soon.

The government has drafted a proposal to get the Election Commission’s consent for a postponement of the local government polls for a specific duration, highly placed sources said.

A number of independent groups at the local government polls are planning to form an alliance for the purpose of campaigning, ‘Deshaya’ reports.

Any disruption to the government’s economic revival efforts will unavoidably take the country to a crisis similar to the one that prevailed mid-last year, said president Ranil Wickremesinghe.