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C.B. Ratnayake ordered to pay Rs. 250M to Senasinghe in defamation case

Sri Lanka, Feb. 5 -- The Mount Lavinia District Court has ordered former Minister C.B. Ratnayake to pay Rs. 250 million in compensation for defaming Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Sujeewa Senasinghe ... Read More


Stock market slumps as ASPI drops by over 500 points

Sri Lanka, Feb. 5 -- The All Share Price Index (ASPI) and the S&P SL20 of the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) have both dropped significantly at the close of trading today (05). Accordingly, the ASPI ha... Read More


Will govt provide vehicles for MPs? - Cabinet Spokesman clarifies

Sri Lanka, Feb. 5 -- Cabinet Spokesman Minister Nalinda Jayatissa has confirmed that vehicle permits will not be provided to Members of Parliament under the incumbent government and that however there... Read More


Govt. reviewing AG's recommendation on Lasantha murder case

Sri Lanka, Feb. 5 -- The government has stated that it is currently reviewing the recommendation made by the Attorney General regarding the suspects involved in the murder of Sri Lankan journalist Las... Read More


MPs to pay Rs. 2,000 for meals starting today

Sri Lanka, Feb. 5 -- Members of Parliament will be required to pay Rs. 2,000 per day for their meals from today onwards. Although the increase in food prices in Parliament was set to take effect from... Read More


Sri Lanka moves to modernize outdated public service regulations

Sri Lanka, Feb. 5 -- The Cabinet of Ministers has granted approval to review and simplify the existing rules and regulations in the public service through obtaining ideas and proposals from the releva... Read More


Opposition party leaders hold talks on collaboration and future strategies

Sri Lanka, Feb. 5 -- The leaders of all major opposition parties represented in Parliament convened a meeting today (05) at the Opposition Leader's Office in Parliament for a critical discussion on fu... Read More


Cabinet nod to import coconut kernel-related products equivalent to 200M coconuts

Sri Lanka, Feb. 5 -- The Cabinet of Ministers has granted approval to import a capacity equal to 200 million coconuts of coconut kernel-related products and dried coconut pieces with coconut (non-copr... Read More


Passport Office to operate 24 hours a day to issue 4,000 passports daily

Sri Lanka, Feb. 5 -- The Cabinet of Ministers has greenlighted the supplying of additional staff required for accelerating the printing of passports. Speaking during today's (05) Cabinet press confer... Read More


Sri Lanka to sign amended debt restructuring agreement and exchange papers with Japan

Sri Lanka, Feb. 5 -- The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the signing of the exchange papers between the Government of Sri Lanka and the Government of Japan and amended agreement between the Governme... Read More