The government has taken steps to address shortages of fuel and gas to some extent when compared to the earlier situation which had long queues that stretched for kilometres outside fuel and gas stations. But a well-planned recovery plan still cannot be seen that can address the long-term food security issues.
According to the Sri Lanka Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) released by the Statistics Department of Central Bank, Manufacturing Sector expanded significantly while the Services sector returned to the growth territory in June 2020
The overall human rights situation in Sri Lanka in 2019 deteriorated with increased intercommunal tensions, violence against minority groups, and intimidation of human rights defenders, the United Kingdom said in a recently released human rights report
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on Friday said that the island country will not face a lockdown nor curfew following the detection of a new COVID-19 cluster at a rehab centre
Sri Lanka has made it mandatory for people to wear face masks following a sudden spike of COVID-19 cases from a cluster in a drug rehabilitation centre, Army Commander Lt. Gen. Shavendra Silva said
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has been awarded the “Zero Carbon Certificate” presented for first ever “Zero Carbon Presidential Election Campaign” in the world conducted with community participation
Australia and the World Food Programme (WFP) have donated Rs74mn to fund take-home rations for children covered by the national school meal program in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka plans to stop foreign firms from competing state construction projects and supplies to government agencies including information technology in a bid to save foreign exchange and give income to local businessmen and create jobs, Information Minister Bandula Gunewardene said
The Police have arrested 15 suspects involved in supplying drugs and phones to the inmates at the Kalutara prison
Sri Lanka has suspended repatriating its expatriate citizens citing lack of space at quarantine centres after the detection of a new cluster, amidst a furore among civic groups and emigrants
Sri Lanka's Minister of Power and Energy and Transport Services Mahinda Amaraweera stated today (15) that the government has decided to provide massive relief to the public on the electricity bills for the past few months
Former Prime Minister and United National Party (UNP) leader Ranil Wickremesinghe said he and a group of parliamentarians had drafted a bill as there was a need for a strong legal framework to control the coronavirus epidemic and although it was offered to the government for discussion, the government had not shown any response
State-run SriLankan Airlines (SLA) has lost 48.7 million US dollars (about 9 billion rupees) in April and May 2020 and is expected to lose 185 million US dollars (34.4 billion rupees) in the year to March 2021 as the state-run carrier is hit by a Coronavirus pandemic, the Finance Ministry said
Over 50 foreign sailors have arrived in Sri Lanka via the Katunayake and Mattala airports to serve on ships anchored in the ports of Colombo and Galle
Sri Lanka’s military is planning to get into the business of producing driving licenses from next year amid a controversy over the costs and extension of the current contract with a private party, the ministry of transport
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa assured that the challenge of protecting the people until the COVID-19 pandemic is eradicated from the world will be met by controlling the risk of spread of the virus from time to time within the country, the President’s Media Division said
