Politics

State banks refuse to release funds to Paddy Marketing Board Purchasing of paddy will be suspended from next week since the two main state banks, the Bank of Ceylon and the People’s Bank, have refused to release funds to the…

SL reviews National Fuel pass Minister of Power and Energy – Kanchana Wijesekara says that a special Category for quota increases will be tested on selected private & public sector entities this week. In a Tweet, he adds that a…

FR filed against the decision to lift the ban on Glyphosate A Fundamental Rights petition has been filed before the Supreme Court calling for the government’s decision to lift the ban on the use of Glyphosate to be revoked. The…

Awareness programmes for MPs on economic crisis It has been decided by the members of the committee on Public Finance that a series of programs should be organized under the initiative of the committee to inform all members of parliament…

Special allowance for estate workers from next month Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment – Manusha Nanayakkara has said that under aid granted by the World Food Programme and the World Bank, all estate workers will be given a special…

Indian High Commissioner meets Speaker The High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka – Mr. Gopal Baglay paid a courtesy call on Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena in Parliament today (07). The Secretary General of Parliament Mr. Dhammika Dasanayake was also…

State ministers to swear in tomorrow! Around 30 state ministers are to swear in before President Ranil Wickremesinghe tomorrow morning (07), sources say.

Cabinet nod to extend MoU to send workers to Malaysia Cabinet approval has been granted to extend a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed with Malaysia in 2016. The MoU allowed recruiting workers, positioning them for jobs in Malaysia and repatriating…

No need up wheat flour prices – minister Minister of Trade and Food Security Nalin Fernando has said that prices of wheat flour need not be increased, adding that a control price therefore is not required either. He has said…

One-hr power cuts from Sep. 6-9 The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) has approved power cuts of 1 hour from September 06 – 09. Accordingly, groups ABCDEFGHIJKLPQRSTUVW will face a one hour power cut from 6.00pm – 9.00pm.