In an interview with Marc Perelman at FRANCE 24, on the sidelines of the Summit for a New Global Financing Pact in Paris, President Ranil Wickremesinghe discusses his country’s debt burden, relations with China, as well as plans for a Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa says he does not want to take the people to the streets.
A resolution on domestic debt restructuring was passed at a vote by parliament yesterday (01) following a day-long debate.
A director of local footwear maker DSI Group has been arrested for paying an army deserter to fire shots at his own home over a business dispute with his family.
The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) has decided to take a neutral stance with regard to the proposed domestic debt optimization (DDO), party chair Maithripala Sirisena stated.
The Asgiriya Buddhist chapter has raised objections to the ‘interference’ by a religious leader in the appointment of the next police chief.
The official facebook page of the Government Information Department has been restored within hours of being hacked.
Failure to restructure SriLankan Airlines speedily will endanger the job security of its 6,000-strong workforce, said civil aviation minister Nimal Siripala de Silva.
The chairman of the Committee on Public Finance (COPF) Dr. Harsha de Silva, who is from the SJB, said violation of equity principles remains a primary concern in the domestic debt restructuring (DDR).
C.D. Wickramaratne took everything away excepting furniture from the office of the Inspector General of Police on June 27, a day after he retired as the police chief, lankadeepa.lk reports.
