The government will not obtain loans for large-scale projects involving infrastructure, co-cabinet spokesperson Udaya Gammanpila has said. “We hope to carry out these projects by forming Public-Private Partnerships under the build–operate–transfer model,” Gammanpila told reporters on Tuesday....
The Cabinet of Ministers approved the purchase of 200 low-floor buses suitable for short-distance travel for the Sri Lanka Transport Board. According to the Government Information Department, the State Ministry of vehicle regulation, bus...
COVID-19 vaccination in Sri Lanka could be launched by next month, where people could receive the jab by mid or end of February, State Ministry of Primary Health Care, Epidemics, and COVID Disease Control...
Inmates held for not paying fines will be released under a special State Pardon by the President, considering the COVID-19 pandemic situation in order to minimize the spread of the virus at prisons, the...
Archbishop of Colombo His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith today (7th), commented on environmental destruction taking place in the vicinity of wetlands in Muthurajawela. ” According to gazette 947/13 published on the 30th of October...
Donald Trump has been suspended from Twitter and Facebook after tweeting to supporters who attacked the US Capitol. In a social media message to protesters he said “I love you” before telling them to...
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,...
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...
The burial of COVID-19 victims can be permitted in Sri Lanka based on available scientific data, the Sri Lanka Medical Association has said. “A positive PCR found post-mortem does not necessarily mean that the...
A discussion was held on Friday (Jan. 01) between the team of experts from the African nation of Rwanda visiting Sri Lanka to offer solutions to the Fall Army Worm menace and local agricultural...