State minister of finance Ranjith Siyambalapitiya has ordered the Excise Department to investigate the liquor bottles with fake stickers that were found from several areas yesterday (16).
The United People’s Party (UPP), of which public security minister Tiran Alles is the general secretary, announced yesterday (16) that it will contest the upcoming local government polls.
The Nawa Lanka Freedom Party led by MP Kumara Welgama and the 43 Brigade led by MP Patali Ranawaka has entered into an agreement to contest the upcoming Local Government Election together.
External Affairs Minister of India, S. Jaishankar’s visit to Colombo on Thursday will focus on “supporting Sri Lanka” in its current economic crisis, government sources said, adding that talks are ongoing in the field of energy security, food security, currency swap arrangements as well as talks about restructuring Sri Lanka’s debt. The two-day visit is expected to see some announcements.
The Global Tamil Forum (GTF) has welcomed the Canadian government's decision to impose sanctions against former Presidents Mahinda Rajapaksa and Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe said that the government expects to fully implement the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, adding that a Social Justice Commission will be established in order to build a country where everyone can live in harmony, by solving the problems of the people belonging to all sections of the population.
Sri Lanka will slash its army by a third to 135,000 personnel by next year and to 100,000 by 2030, the state minister of defence said on Friday, as the country tries to cut costs in the face of its worst economic crisis in more than seven decades.
Former minister Reginald Cooray has passed away at the age of 75, the Director of Nagoda Hospital confirmed.
The Supreme Court has found that former President Maithripala Sirisena, former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando, former IGP Pujith Jayasundara, former National Intelligence Chief Sisira Mendis and former Chief of State Intelligence Nilantha Jayawardena have violated the Fundamental Rights of petitioners, by failing to take action to prevent the Easter Sunday attacks despite receiving sufficient intelligence information.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe said that he will look into the possibility of a moratorium for loans to protect businesses and provide necessary relief to business personnel.
