Commenting on the recent steps taken by the government to rectify the economic issues plaguing Sri Lanka, former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said the government has failed to take adequate measures to avert an economic crisis.
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa are at loggerheads over Litro Gas Chairman Theshara Jayasinghe, government sources said.
Ex-Prisons Commissioner Emil Ranjan Lamahewa was sentenced to death by the The Colombo High Court Trial-at-Bar in the case filed over the 2012 Welikada Prison massacre. The Court also acquitted former Inspector of Police (IP) Neomal Rangajeewa from all charges.
The fiscal relief package that was announced recently by the government may compound its fiscal challenges, Moody’s rating agency said in a statement.
Sri Lanka is facing a deepening financial and humanitarian crisis that could lead it to bankruptcy in 2022 as inflation rises to record levels, said a media report.
"Cooking gas cylinder prices have almost doubled and we cannot afford it anymore," says Niluka Dilrukshi. The 31 year-old mother-of-four has always cooked with gas to prepare food for her family, but now says firewood is her only option.
Thusith Mudalige, Senior Deputy Solicitor General of the Attorney General’s Department passed away at the age of 49 this morning (12).
An Adjournment Debate will be held after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa delivers the throne speech at the commencement of Second Session of the Ninth Parliament on January 18.
The National Elections Commission yesterday (10) recognised three new political parties for registration.
A woman who was detained at the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) for questioning over a financial fraud of Rs. 60 million has died after jumping from the 5th floor of the Department’s building this morning (11), police said.
