Sri Lanka
Govt rolls out loan scheme for SME rice millers
The Government has taken a significant step to support small and medium-scale rice mill owners and cooperative societies by releasing Rs.10 billion under...
Duminda gets a transfer from prison hospital
Ex-MP Duminda Silva has been transferred from the prison hospital to a general ward at the Welikada Prison, said prisons chief Gamini B....
NPP government called upon to “answer for war crimes” under Clean Sri Lanka
A leading student union leader from the North has called upon the government to use the ‘Clean Sri Lanka’ project to also clear...
The bitter truth of IRD’s collection of remarkable revenue
A letter from the Commissioner General was recently published in the media, stating that the highest tax revenue in the history of domestic...
Report on draft bill to regulate microfinance handed over to Finance Ministry
A committee that reviewed the draft of the controversial microfinance and credit regulatory authority bill handed over its report to the finance ministry...
Surge in HMPV cases: What we should know
The World Health Organization (WHO) says a rise in cases of human metapneumovirus (HMPV), a respiratory virus similar to the flu, is being...
Govt. dismisses teachers’ call for tax relief on school equipment
The ruling National People’s Power (NPP) government has rejected calls for a reduction of the VAT on educational equipment to benefit all students,...
GMOA raises concerns about outside interventions
The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) has raised concerns over outside interventions in their transfers of late. Noting that the process of transfers...
