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Vehicle imports hit by 50 percent Customs Duty surcharge amid forex push

Sri Lanka, May 17 -- Deputy Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. Anil Jayantha yesterday announced a temporary policy decision which will affect vehicle imports for the next three-months, saving seve... Read More


Sri Lanka to observe May 19 war remembrance

Sri Lanka, May 17 -- The 17th commemoration of the end of Sri Lanka's three-decade-long conflict will take place on Tuesday (19) at 3 pm at the War Heroes Memorial at the Parliament Grounds, under the... Read More


Govt to release billions to renewable power firms

Sri Lanka, May 17 -- The Government will defuse a growing financial crisis in Sri Lanka's renewable energy sector, with over half of the nearly Rs. 10 billion owed to renewable power suppliers expecte... Read More


JXG backs President's Fund for children

Sri Lanka, May 10 -- JXG (Janashakthi Group), a Sri Lankan financial conglomerate, through its philanthropic arm, the Janashakthi Foundation, has partnered with the President's Fund to expand healthca... Read More


https://www.sundayobserver.lk/2026/05/10/news/77132/let-us-into-gaza/

Sri Lanka, May 10 -- Sri Lanka must continue its Free Trade Agreement (FTA) policies alongside broader economic liberalisation measures to regain investor confidence and attract export manufacturing i... Read More


Let us into Gaza

Sri Lanka, May 10 -- In every conflict, journalists face limits on access to war zones. But Gaza is different. For more than 930 days, Israel has barred foreign reporters from independently entering t... Read More


Lake House publications presented to schoolchildren

Sri Lanka, May 10 -- As part of another phase of the 'Akurata Saviyak' program implemented by Lions District 306 D 2, Lake House publications were presented to schoolchildren at the SOS Children's Vil... Read More


Cybercrime crackdown

Sri Lanka, May 10 -- Nineteen foreign nationals, including 18 Chinese nationals and one Peruvian, were produced before the Aluthkade Magistrate's Court yesterday after being arrested by the Slave Isla... Read More


Ven. Hemarathana Thera remanded till May 12

Sri Lanka, May 10 -- The Colombo Additional Magistrate's Court ordered the remand of Ven. Pallegama Hemarathana Thera until May 12 after he was arrested on allegations of rape and child abuse involvin... Read More


Power tariff hike hits only 4.06 percent households

Sri Lanka, May 10 -- Only 4.06 percent of Sri Lanka's electricity consumers will be affected by the latest electricity tariff increase approved by the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL),... Read More