SL prepared to consider legalizing cryptocurrency - President
Sri Lanka is prepared to consider legalizing cryptocurrency payments, said President Ranil Wickremesinghe.
New coal supplier to be chosen as per AG's recommendation
The Lanka Coal Company has taken measures as per recommendations by the attorney general and the auditor general to choose a new supplier, a senior official of the Ministry of Power and Energy said.
Sri Lanka’s vulnerable forced to risk “a pathway to destitution" - IFRC
The deepening economic crisis is forcing people to make heartbreaking choices between going hungry, buying life-saving medicine, or finding the money to send children to school.
Chandrika agrees to pardon two men who bombed her in 1999
Two men linked to a bomb attack on former president Chandrika Kumaratunga 22 years ago are among the eight LTTE convicts awaiting a presidential pardon, reliable sources say.
Annual tax on casinos raised to Rs. 500 million
The annual tax charged from casinos has been more than doubled from Rs. 200 million to Rs. 500 million with effect from August 01.
Sand mining racket in guise of chili cultivation harms Mahaweli River
Sand mining is taking place on a large scale in a natural delta of the Mahaweli river at Safi Nagar in Trincomalee in the guise of a 3,000-acre chili cultivation, alleges social scientist and environmentalist Ravindra Kariyawasam.
Supreme Court too, swings like a pendulum - Sumanthiran
TNA MP M.A. Sumanthiran has charged the Supreme Court, just as much as Parliament, swings like a pendulum.”
Govt. changes labour laws to favour employers
A leading trade unionist has accused the government of changing labour laws arbitrarily in callous disregard to trade unions in order to favour employers.
Charitha on presidents & their primeval decisions
The executive presidency has been misused due to the best person not being chosen for the job at times and the failure of the chosen person at the others, MP Prof. Charith Herath said.
Gevindu queries exclusion of Sinhala from legal field
MP Gevindu Kumaratunga has raised concerns over the exclusion of the Sinhala language in the presentation of regulations relating to the law.