Year: 2024
Ministry officials and a beer producer against new low-cost arrack
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has been informed about a plan to sabotage the introduction of a low-priced arrack. The licensed liquor producers’ association...
Fishermen urge local lawmakers to intervene in poaching issue
Fishermen of the north are worried by continuing threats to their livelihood as they are kept in the dark about the related decisions...
Exports sector raises concerns by LKR’s appreciation against USD
The appreciation of the Sri Lanka rupee against the US dollar is claimed to be creating big problems for garments and other exports....
Fitch raises Sri Lanka rating
Credit ratings agency Fitch on Friday upgraded Sri Lanka’s long-term foreign-currency default rating to ‘CCC+’ from ‘restricted default’ (RD) following approval by creditors...
Veteran singer Priya Suriyasena passes away
Veteran singer Priya Suriyasena has passed away at the age of 80. Mr. Suriyasena receiving treatment at the Colombo National Hospital at the...
Rs. 800 M spent to clear plastic pebbles from X-press Pearl disaster
More than Rs. 800 million had been spent by the end of 2023 to clear the beach of plastic pebbles following the X-press...
