JAPAN TAKES INITIATIVE TO ORGANIZE SRI LANKA CREDITORS’MEETING OVER DEBT CRISIS

Japan to organize Sri Lanka creditors’ meeting over debt crisis Japan is working to organize a meeting of Sri Lanka’s creditors by the end of this year in hopes of solving that country’s debt crisis, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.…

SPECIAL PROVISIONS PETROLEUM PRODUCT BILL PASSED

Petroleum Product (Special Provisions) Bill passed The Petroleum Product (Special Provisions) Bill was passed in Parliament today (18) with amendments. Accordingly, 77 votes were received in favor of the bill and only 17 votes were received against. Earlier today, a…

CABINET MINISTERS TAUGHT A LESSON BY STATE MINISTERS

State Ministers teach lesson to Cabinet Ministers! It was reported that a group of State Ministers have held a secret discussion not to give their support during the debate on the expenditure head of Cabinet Ministers who have not assigned…

SIXTEEN INCLUDING SJB ORGANIZER ARRESTED FOR DISRUPTING SLPP MEETING IN NAWALAPITIYA

16 including SJB organizer arrested At least 16 persons including Nawalapitiya Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Organizer Sasanka Sampath have been arrested for protesting against a meeting held by the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) in Nawalapitiya today. The second public…

TO APPOINT NEW CABINET SLPP URGES PRESIDENT

SLPP urges President to appoint fresh cabinet   The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) has reportedly urged the President Ranil Wickremesinghe to appoint a fresh Cabinet rather than continuing the Cabinet of Ministers under former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. The current…

PRESIDENT MAKES A PLEA TO CAST ASIDE PITY PARTISAN POLITICS AND COMMIT ON FOOD CRISIS

Cast aside party politics & commit to addressing the food crisis – President President Ranil Wickremesinghe has emphasized that all should join together to solve the people’s food issues, casting traditional party politics aside. The President made this observation addressing…

LINE OF CREDIT OF USD 100mn FROM INDIA FOR ROOFTOP SOLAR PROJECT

USD 100mn LoC from India for rooftop solar project A USD 100 million Line of Credit has been extended by the Government of India to install rooftop solar panels at select institutions. Tweeting, Minister Kanchana Wijesekara has said that rooftop…

PRESIDENT LAMENTS NOT GIVING TRINCOMALEE OIL TANKS TO INDIA

If the Trinco oil tanks were given to India then, we’d have fuel now – President President Ranil Wickremesinghe said that the Trincomalee District Strategic Development Plan is not targeting elections, but a project that has been initiated to benefit…

GMOA:500 DOCTORS HAVE ALREADY MIGRATED 800 ON THE WAY

GMOA: 500 doctors have already migrated, 800 on the way Provincial hospitals face closure The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) yesterday (12) claimed that nearly 500 doctors had migrated from January to August 2022 due to the continuing economic-social-political crisis.…

TO RUSSIA”S ILLEGAL ANNEXATION UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONDEMS -SRI LANKA ABSTAINS

UN condemns Russia’s ‘attempted illegal annexation’ ; SL abstains The United Nations General Assembly has voted to condemn Russia’s “attempted illegal annexation” of four partially occupied regions in Ukraine and urged countries not to recognise the move. In Wednesday’s vote,…