The cabinet that met yesterday (28) afternoon under the chairmanship of president Ranil Wickremesinghe approved the domestic debt restructuring programme proposed by the finance ministry.
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has come in for sharp criticism in the social media for his comment when he mocked a questioner - “if you can’t speak in English, speak in Tamil, I understand Tamil" - thereby avoiding to answer a core question from Dr. Sockalingam Yogalingam, a Tamil based in London.
The NPP urges the public against acting hastily due to fears for their saving deposits as a result of any writing-off of domestic debt.
The heads of state-run Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Ltd. (ANCL) and Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC) have resigned from their positions.
MP Udaya Gammanpila has blamed faulty computer software for the many issues in the selection of beneficiaries under the ‘Aswesuma’ poverty relief programme.
Award-winning writer and teledrama director Gaya Ramya Alwis has died, aged 52.
The state-run Lanka Sathosa incurred a total loss of Rs. 15,000 million by end-December 2021, the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) has been told.
Barring pro-government Tamil parties, most of the Tamil political parties representing the war-affected Tamils in the North and East of the island nation have unanimously welcomed the oral statement of the Deputy High Commissioner of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on the culture of impunity and lack of accountability in her latest report last week to the Council.
China will continue to provide assistance to Sri Lanka's economic and social development and the improvement of people's livelihood to the best of its capacity, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Qin Gang said.
The SriLankan and Fits airlines have sought permission to recruit foreign pilots to overcome a shortage, said chief executive of the Civil Aviation Authority P.A. Jayakantha.
