Only Rs. 157 billion out of a Rs. 943 billion outstanding tax revenue by 30 June 2023 could be recovered, said the Department of Inland Revenue.

Power and energy minister Kanchana Wijesekara has told the CEB to suspend its workers who have struck work to disrupt the essential service, and also initiate disciplinary action against them.

The FSP has urged the government to halt its so-called ‘Yukthiya’ operation against narcotic drugs, alleging it to be an oppressive injustice in the name of justice.

Presently on tour in the north, president Ranil Wickremesinghe met with representatives of the Jaffna Civil Community Center yesterday (06).

Public security minister Tiran Alles has said that he would not hesitate to take any stern decision in order to save the country, people and children from criminals.

While thousands of acres are still forcefully occupied by the Sri Lankan security forces including private lands, more than 4500 war-affected Tamils are still living as displaced persons even after the brutal civil war came to a bloody end 14 years back.

The highly controversial initiative ‘Himalayan Declaration’ where a group of Buddhist monks in Sri Lanka and the UK-based Global Tamil Forum (GTF) was funded by the Swiss Government, a trustee of the UN Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture has revealed.

As many as 212 vehicles registered to the name of the secretary to the education ministry have been unaccounted for, said the National Audit Office in a report.

Lanka Electricity Company (LECO) is now charging the double of the stipulated 2.5 per cent social security levy, consumers complain.

A supplementary measles immunization campaign began in four districts today (06) following a surge in cases.