Sri Lanka

Central Bank releasing the monetary policy review for May 2016 on Friday (June 24) has decided to continue maintaining current policy interest rates. Accordingly, the Monetary Boa..

Sri Lanka parliament Friday (June 24) passed the Bill entitled "Right to Information" with amendments following the Second Reading Debate which commenced yesterday and continued to..

Right to Information Commission, which will be appointed soon is an independent body and will not be allowed to be used as a cats-paw of the Media Ministry, confirmed Deputy Minist..

President Maithripala Sirisena has invited the private sector to join the Government to support the national goal of energy sufficiency within the next 10 years. The President add..

Government has set goals to double the exports by 2020, Primary Industries Minister Daya Gamage told the Parliament today (23rd June). Responding to a question for oral answer MP ..

The second reading debate of the much awaited Right to Information Bill was moved in the Parliament a short while ago. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe addressing the house requ..

Minister of Health and Indigenous Medicine, Dr. Rajitha Senaratne yesterday confirmed the value added tax is not applicable on channelling services and medicines. According to the..

Sri Lanka’s long-awaited amended Right to Information Bill (RTI) will be moved in Parliament tomorrow (June 23) for the second reading. According to Minister of Parliamentary Refo..

President Maithripala Sirisena, and Shri Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India inaugurated the newly renovated Duraiappah Stadium in Jaffna yesterday (18th June) joining through a..

Today is Poson full moon poya day, the day that commemorates the introduction of Buddhism to Sri Lanka by Arahat Maha Mahinda thera. Poson, held on the full moon day of June, comm..