A pioneer in Sri Lankan music, Dr. Premadasa Mudunkotuwa, passed away yesterday (29), aged 91.

The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) has passed a resolution demanding the resignation of public security minister Tiran Alles, or else the president removed him from the position.

Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa says he finds the all 22 million countrymen to be his friends irrespective of age, racial, religious, class or any other differences.

A leading local tyre manufacturer has defaulted on the payment of a fine of more than Rs. 261 million that is due to the Customs.

The Secretary to the Ministry of Finance Mahinda Siriwardene has been granted a service extension of one year.

A book, written to respond to the question ‘what are the issues faced by the Sri Lankan Tamils just because they are Tamil’, has been launched in Jaffna.

The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) yesterday (28) passed a resolution condemning the recent statement made by Public Security Minister Tiran Alles calling upon newly-passed out police recruits that it was not a sin to eradicate criminals.

Steps are being taken to increase the interest rate of the Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) from the existing 9% to 13% with effect from 2023, State Minister of Finance Ranjith Siyambalapitiya said.

The ban on motor vehicle imports is set to be lifted early next year, if recommendations from a committee comprising Treasury officials that the move was required to meet revenue targets set by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are to be accepted by the Government.

Former President Maithripala Sirisena has dismissed recent reports claiming that he is moving to South Korea, asserting that he has no such plans to relocate to any other country.