Labour Ministry to raise private sector minimum salary to Rs. 27,000

Colombo, April 2 -- The Labour Ministry has announced plans to amend the law to raise the monthly minimum salary for private sector employees to Rs. 27,000. Currently, the minimum wage stands at Rs. ... Read More

COPE to take Gem and Jewellery Authority before Bribery Commission

Sri Lanka, April 2 -- The Committee on Public Enterprise (COPE) is to file a complaint against the Gem and Jewellery Authority for allowing illegal gem mining, it was reported yesterday. COPE which m... Read More

Two Japanese ships arrive in Colombo

Colombo, April 1 -- The Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF) Bungo and Erajima arrived at the port of Colombo on a goodwill visit today. The visiting ships were welcomed by the Sri Lanka Navy in... Read More

Govt to launch insurance scheme for 'Kithul' and Palmyra workers

Colombo, April 1 -- The Agricultural and Agrarian Insurance Board has announced plans to introduce a life insurance scheme for workers in the 'Kithul' (Caryota urens), coconut, and 'Thal' (palmyra) in... Read More

Excise orders 26 booze makers to print production date on bottles, cans from April 1

Colombo, April 1 -- The Excise Department of Sri Lanka yesterday ordered all 26 soft and hard liquor manufacturing companies in the country to print the production date of their spirits on the respect... Read More

New government initiative offers nutritious meals for Rs. 200

Sri Lanka, April 1 -- A new government initiative aimed at ensuring food security and making nutritious meals affordable for the public was officially launched today (01) at the "Palessa" restaurant o... Read More

Gananath Obeyesekere A social anthropologist with a breathtaking vision

Sri Lanka, April 1 -- On March 25, the renowned Sri Lankan social anthropologist Prof. Gananath Obeyesekere of Princeton University, passed away leaving academia across the world immeasurably poorer. ... Read More

NPP's volte-face from its own pledge on PTA

Sri Lanka, April 1 -- The notorious Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) Act are probably the most misused laws in Sri Lanka by the la... Read More

CID statement given on Trincomalee pilot vessel accident

Colombo, April 1 -- Social activist and complainant Sanjaya Mahawatte yesterday said that he had given a successful statement to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for nearly four hours regar... Read More

IRD introduces tax relief for small savers with new self-declaration system

Sri Lanka, April 1 -- IRD introduces self-declaration for AIT exemption on interest for earners below Rs.1.8mn annually AIT rate on interest, discounts and Islamic financial income reduced from 14% ... Read More

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