• Sri Lanka ends five-year vehicle import ban sparking mixed concerns • Finance Ministry lists out 9 conditions for vehicle imports • WFP food aid found rotting in Veyangoda • Decline in child births: Experts call for action • Ministry cancels light decorations for govt buildings on Independence Day • Remittances surpass forex reserves and garments income

2 天之前 · Sri Lanka News Reports, updated regularly. Feb 7 (EN) Bar Association of SL has raised concerns over a possible review by the Cabinet over the Attorney General’s decision to release three suspects related to a high-profile killing of an editor in 2008.

Sri Lanka News Reports, updated regularly. Feb 2 (ST) The 77th Independence Day celebrations at Independence Square in Colombo on Tuesday will be a scaled-down affair with a 40% reduction in troop participation, fewer military wares on display, greater public participation, and an overall shorter programme compared with previous years.

Feb 6 (CT) In the page 112 of the Election Manifesto of the NPP, A Thriving Nation – A Beautiful Life, it was stated that a Stolen Public Asset Recovery Agency will be established to recover the stolen state assets.It was also stated that the Director General of the Bribery Commission will be facilitated with necessary authority to give effect to the International Convention on the ...

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Nov 1 (NW) American engineering technology group Transdigm Group has invested $8.5 million in Sri Lanka partnering with AmSafe BirdPort to establish a new facility in the Wathupitiwala Export Processing Zone (EPZ).

Feb 3 (Wisden) Dasun Shanaka blasted a first-class hundred in SL domestic cricket and played a cameo in the ILT20 on the same day. After the Moors Club declared on 412-9, the SSC finished day two of the three-day match on 136-5.

Jul 12 (DM) Sri Lanka Customs has raised concerns over the No Go indication from the Finance Ministry to the proposed container clearing yard with a 3,000-container capacity. The project, recommended by a 2020 Asian Development Bank (ADB) study as a solution to current cargo congestion, has not yet received approval from the Finance Ministry, the Daily Mirror learns.

Nov 20 (S247) X-Press Feeders has hit out at the bureaucratic and legal hurdles that have caused severe delays in the case of the X-Press Pearl, a boxship that caught fire in 2021 causing one of SL’s worst-ever environmental disasters. The master of the ship has not been able to leave SL for the past 1,280 days. Splash reported late last month the new SL govt will reopen investigations into ...

Nov 20 (Island) In a way it was a great thing for the country that the NPP scored an emphatic victory at the Nov. 14 general election. Now the JVP-led NPPers can have no excuses for not being able to fulfill their promises as would have been the case if the preceding September Prez election outcome was repeated with the combined Opposition having the lion’s share of …