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06 Jan 2024 - 21 - 2862
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) would evaluate Sri Lanka’s economic progress next week, with a team of officials expected to arrive in the country, the Finance Ministry said.
05 Jan 2024 - 32 - 3366
The Lawyers’ Collective, a prominent legal advocacy group in Sri Lanka has urged the Attorney General to immediately prosecute three police officers including Acting IGP Deshabandu Tennakoon for committing the offence of torture in view of the recently delivered Supreme Court judgment.
05 Jan 2024 - 40 - 3183
The Sri Lanka Navy is currently conducting a feasibility study regarding the deployment of a ship in the Red Sea, contributing to the security of the region against Houthi activities, the Sri Lanka Navy said.
02 Jan 2024 - 53 - 13912
With effect from 1 January, persons who have not obtained a Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) will be subjected to a penalty not exceeding Rs. 50,000, the Department of Inland Revenue cautioned.
31 Dec 2023 - 12 - 1749
Approximately 600 complaints are lodged annually, involving health staff, including doctors, Health Minister Ramesh Pathirana revealed.
31 Dec 2023 - 30 - 19868
A Sri Lankan-origin pioneer of location-tracking technology has been appointed OBE in the King’s New Year Honours.
30 Dec 2023 - 85 - 4013
Central Bank Governor Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe said yesterday any government could renegotiate the programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) but it would be required to follow the path chosen currently to get international support.
29 Dec 2023 - 10 - 2236
While assuring that there is no outbreak of COVID or any other infectious diseases in Colombo city at the moment, an official from Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) said residents of the city should take precautions to prevent any outbreak.
28 Dec 2023 - 82 - 13825
Counsel appearing for the first suspect, owner of the company Isolez Biotech Pharma AG (Pvt) Ltd, involved in the substandard human immunoglobulin deal, told the court that he followed the instructions of the then Health Minister saying that ’’The Minister asked me to do, I did it’’.
26 Dec 2023 - 7 - 2157
The Ministry of Health asserted that the risk of the JN-1 sub-variant spreading in Sri Lanka is currently deemed very low.
25 Dec 2023 - 14 - 3247
The Road Development Authority (RDA) has recorded more than a 40 percent revenue increase from the users of the expressways since last Friday (22), RDA Director General L.V.S. Weerakoon said.
24 Dec 2023 - 46 - 9187
SriLankan Airlines today extended apologies to customers affected by recent travel disruptions involving a series of cancellations and delays.
23 Dec 2023 - 28 - 2571
Prisons across the country are facing a serious problem of too many people crammed into limited space. The situation has gotten worse due to increased police operations, with over 10,000 suspects nabbed in a recent crackdown on drugs and underworld activities.
22 Dec 2023 - 18 - 1858
The Government has announced that payment of bonuses to the staff of state institutions should be made for the year 2023 only if the particular institution has earned profits during the financial year 2022 and has paid at least 30% of the profit after tax as dividends to the Consolidated Fund.
22 Dec 2023 - 14 - 4523
With the uptick of cases of influenza-like illnesses in Sri Lanka, medical experts reckon that JN.1 — an Omicron sub-lineage may be seen in the community.
21 Dec 2023 - 14 - 8383
The Inland Revenue Department has issued the list of goods and services that would be exempted from the Value Added Tax (VAT) with effect from January 1, 2024.
19 Dec 2023 - 14 - 2661
Amid geopolitical strain, Sri Lanka has decided to have a one-year moratorium in allowing foreign vessels in conducting research in the country’s territorial waters, a minister said.
18 Dec 2023 - 28 - 8313
Former Health Ministry Secretary Janaka Sri Chandragupta was arrested by the CID a short while ago.
16 Dec 2023 - 36 - 3747
Public Security Minister Tiran Alles said that a special operation targeting drug-related activities and the underworld is set to commence tomorrow.
16 Dec 2023 - 19 - 2991
The failure to complete the construction of the power transmission line linking Kotmale, Polpitiya, Padukka and Athurugiriya resulted in the inability to avoid an all island blackout, a top engineer said.
13 Dec 2023 - 24 - 13425
The circulating image on social media, featuring Chief of Defence Staff General Shavendra Silva and his spouse aboard a special jet, has been clarified.
12 Dec 2023 - 26 - 3532
Sports Minister Harin Fernando today rescinded the gazette issued by former minister Roshan Ranasinghe that appointed an interim committee, headed by Arjuna Ranatunga, and attempted to dissolve the incumbent administration of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC).
12 Dec 2023 - 10 - 2123
Ceftriaxone, the antibiotic which caused the tragic and untimely death of a 21-year-old woman in July, has caused another allergic reaction in a patient at the National Hospital Colombo, Daily Mirror learns.
10 Dec 2023 - 22 - 3104
It has been decided to withdraw the security personnel deployed at the historical Minintale temple if the chief Incumbent thinks that the military presence is a threat to his life, State Minister of Defence Pramitha Bandara Tennekoon told Parliament today.
09 Dec 2023 - 44 - 14963
An islandwide power failure has occured due to a systems failure in the main supply line, a senior Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) official said.
09 Dec 2023 - 12 - 5333
A total of 19 police officers, including a Senior Deputy Inspector General of Police (SDIG), seven Deputy Inspector Generals (DIGs), nine SSPs, and two ASPs, have been either transferred or appointed to positions by the Acting IGP Deshabandu Thennakoon with immediate effect.
09 Dec 2023 - 11 - 1831
In the wake of reports about three Sri Lankan ex-military personnel dying in Ukraine in the war with Russia, Foreign Minister Ali Sabry said Sri Lanka, as a country, had made every possible effort to prevent recruits through local agents.
07 Dec 2023 - 55 - 4590
With another inhuman case of ragging reported from Sri Jayewardenepura University, Higher Education Minister Suren Raghavan said many cases of harassment of juniors by their seniors within the universities go unreported but the government will leave no stone unturned in its attempt to eradicate the menace.
06 Dec 2023 - 29 - 6958
President Ranil Wickremesinghe is reported to be mulling prorogation of Parliament by the middle of January, next year.
04 Dec 2023 - 21 - 3694
Dehiattakandiya Base Hospital is facing a crisis as its only surgeon has left the country, bringing all surgeries to a standstill and leaving patients in desperation.
02 May 2024