COLOMBO, Sept. 2 -- Sri Lanka's Supreme Court on Tuesday (Sept 1) rejected a request to have petitions challenging the proposed 22nd Amendment to the Constitution heard by a full bench comprising all ... Read More
COLOMBO, Sept. 2 -- Sri Lanka's total public debt stood at US$97.95 billion (Rs 32.98 trillion) as of June 30, according to the latest report issued by the Public Debt Management Office (PDMO) of the ... Read More
COLOMBO, Sept. 1 -- Sri Lanka's Supreme Court will determine whether the proposed 22nd Amendment to the Constitution can be passed by a two-thirds majority in Parliament or requires approval through a... Read More
COLOMBO, Sept. 1 -- A complaint has been lodged with Sri Lanka's anti-corruption body, alleging that three Supreme Court judges acted in a manner that resulted in the loss of a further US$999 million ... Read More
COLOMBO, Aug. 31 -- Sri Lanka's Court of Appeal on Monday (Aug 31) nullified a decision by the Commissioner General of Inland Revenue to treat members of the country's national cricket teams as employ... Read More
COLOMBO, Aug. 31 -- Sri Lanka's Health Ministry has suspended a batch of the cancer-treatment drug filgrastim after discovering that individual vials in an imported consignment carried no identifying ... Read More
COLOMBO, Aug. 31 -- Sri Lanka's former Finance Minister and current parliamentarian Ravi Karunanayake who was arrested by the country's anti-corruption commission on Monday (Aug 31) was released on ba... Read More
COLOMBO, Aug. 31 -- The United States and Sri Lanka will conduct a joint military exercise, Atlas Angel II, from August 31 to September 4, focusing on strengthening cooperation and preparedness for hu... Read More
COLOMBO, Aug. 30 -- Sri Lanka will deploy special disaster-relief teams from its security forces to Nepal in the coming days to assist with rescue and relief operations following severe flooding, Depu... Read More
COLOMBO, Aug. 28 -- Sri Lanka ranks 120th out of 130 countries in a global comparison of monthly minimum wages adjusted for purchasing power, with a monthly wage equivalent of just US$200, according t... Read More