Sovereign’s weakened credit profile will affect Sri Lankan Banks Sluggish economic activity, external and domestic vulnerabilities, muted private credit growth and the sovereign’s weakened credit profile are significant downside risks to the operating environment...
MP Ranjan Ramanayake, who was sentenced to 04 years of rigorous imprisonment will legally lose his parliamentary seat in another 06 months, said the Chairman of the National Elections Commission Nimal Punchihewa. NEC Chairman...
Concerns are growing on Sri Lanka’s “pilot tourism project” involving Ukrainian tourists, after Ukraine reported five new strains of COVID-19 recently. “…the new strain of the virus…may not be detected in PCR tests,” Ravi Kumudesh,...
The Autopsy reports of 07 inmates who were killed during the Mahara prison unrest were produced before the Wattala Magistrates Court on Wednesday(23). Autopsy reports of 04 other inmates who died during the clashes...
An unidentified disease is killing buffaloes at the Flood Plains National Park in Polonnaruwa, wildlife officials said.Cattle farmers say buffaloes reared at domestic levels have been dying in the past week for reasons unknown....
ECONOMYNEXT – The United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) has written to the Sri Lankan government seeking details about a complaint made by a Sri Lankan parent regarding the violation of the rights of...
Rapid Covid tests deployed to enable students to return home for Christmas, and care home residents to have visitors, are failing to identify up to 50 per cent of positive infections, according to the government’s own analysis. Plans were...
The name of United National Party (UNP) leader Ranil Wickremesinghe has also been proposed to fill the UNP National List slot in Parliament. UNP Deputy Leader Ruwan Wijewardene said that despite some opposition, there...
Parliamentarians and ministers must abide by quarantine laws since a parliament reporter tested positive for the virus, a government lawmaker said. “Closing down the institution is not the answer,” Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna parliamentarian...
Two in five women in Sri Lanka have faced violence by a partner in their lifetime, a government survey has found, stressing the need to pay more attention to the problem. “A large proportion...