Colombo, November 8: The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) today announced it has committed more than half a billion dollars to support the development of a deepwater shipping container terminal in the Port of Colombo, Sri Lanka, that...
Sinopec, a Chinese state-owned oil and gas enterprise, will be given the contract to build an oil refinery in the southern Sri Lankan port city of Hambantota, Sri Lanka’s Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera has said.
“There were only two bidders...
The family members of late business magnate Deshamanya Dr. Lalith Kotelawala today sought an order from the Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court to conduct a post-mortem examination into the death of Mr. Kotelawala, citing that his death occurred under suspicious...
President Ranil Wickremesinghe emphasised that the policy of the present government is to treat every religion equally and provide equal rights to every citizen.
He further noted that he does not approve of making the Palestinian people victims in the...
Based on information derived from a coordinated intelligence operation conducted by the Sri Lanka Navy and Police Narcotic Bureau, a drug-carrying local multiday fishing trawler was intercepted by SLCG Samudraraksha.
The intercepted local multiday fishing trawler was escorted to the...
The Navy and Police Narcotics Bureau jointly arrested five suspects along with heroin worth over 4000 million rupees which had been brought to Sri Lanka on a multi-day vessel.
Informed sources said there had been at least 200 Kgs of...
Finance State Minister Shehan Semasinghe stated that the agreement entered into with the IMF and the staff-level agreement reached following the First Review of Sri Lanka’s Extended Fund Facility Arrangement will support settling arrears owed to multilateral creditors while...
President Ranil Wickremesinghe today said that, in accordance with the Constitution, the presidential election is scheduled for next year, followed by the parliamentary election .
He was addressing the UNP convention at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium today
However, he said that...
A team including chairpersons and members of the Sectoral Oversight Committees of ParliamentSri Lanka will leave for the United States of America on October 21 and 22 to study the committee.process of the United States Congress, with the full...
State Minister Diana Gamage has been allegedly assaulted by SJB parliamentarian Sanjaya Perera near the parliamentary library following an altercation today.
In a special statement in parliament today, Gamage demanded an impartial investigation into the incident. Prime Minister Dinesh Gunwardena,...
CEB Acting General Manager Dr. Narendra De Silva said that there will be no electricity tariff revisions again until June 1 next year.
He added that power tariffs will not be increased before June next year unless there is an...
The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) on Thursday announced revisions to electricity charges coming into force yesterday on a request made by the Ceylon Electricity Board.
The PUCSL has urged the CEB to comply with the conditions, which...
