Colombo, December 21, 2023: The Sri Lankan government’s commitment to social welfare continues, with over 51.9 billion rupees (approximately 160 million USD) disbursed to 1.4 million needy families under the Aswesuma program in the past six months. State Minister of Finance Shehan Semasinghe announced this significant milestone today, highlighting the ongoing support for vulnerable populations….
Colombo, December 21, 2023 (Daily Reporter): Sri Lanka’s economic horizons are brightening as a much-needed international aid package of $787 million bolsters its foreign exchange reserves and fuels optimism for a sustained recovery. This month alone, the island nation received disbursements of $337 million from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), $200 million from the World…
Exemption of goods and services under the Value Added Tax Act, No. 14 of 2002 [as last amended by the Value Added Tax (Amendment) Act, No. 32 of 2023]: (a) The supply or import of: (i) Wheat and Wheat Flour (ii) Infant Milk Powder (iii) Pharmaceutical Products and Drugs (other than cosmetics), prescribed for therapeutic…
Sri Lanka police arrested an 18-year-old resident of Colombo who had been sexually abusing his cousin for two years and uploaded the footage of the abuse to Google Drive. The police said that the arrest was made using a new method introduced by the Google company to the Sri Lanka Police to easily identify people who…
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickramasinghe appears to be opting to ditch traditional party politics and pursue an independent candidacy, according to a Yukthiya.lk news report. This strategy marks a significant departure from the usual party-backed campaigns and signifies Wickramasinghe’s intention to position himself as a “common candidate” endorsed by a broad spectrum of political forces….
– Dr. Jehan Perera The government’s greatest success has been to make the two most serious problems facing the country invisible and perhaps irrelevant to those at the top of the economic pyramid, including the international community. The government is able to show statistics that the economy has begun to recover. Growth in the last…
They were deprived of their roots in Sri Lanka, but they never felt really Swiss either: a study by doctoral student Surangika Jayarathne shows for the first time the consequences for children who were adopted in Switzerland. Read the story here>>>
Sri Lanka’s upcoming Employment Act is set to bring major changes for plantation workers, focusing on holding plantation companies (RPCs) directly responsible for deplorable working conditions. “We’re revamping our labour laws to hold all employers accountable, especially in tea estates,” declared Jeevan Thondaman, Sri Lanka’s Minister of Estate Infrastructure Development. His Twitter statement went straight…
Sources of the Parliament of Sri Lanka say that the mandates of the Financial Oversight Committees (FOCs) and the Sectoral Oversight Committees (SOCs) are under review. Sri Lanka Parliament sources say that there are overlaps in the mandates of the Financial Oversight Committees (FOCs) and the Sectoral Oversight Committees (SOCs). MPs say that the overlaps…
“Kilmisha Udayashilan,” now known to her fans as Kilmisha “Yalisai” meaning “Music of Jaffna” won the Sarigamapa Little Champ reality show broadcast on Zee Tamil channel in India. Kilmisha is a 12-year-old girl born and living in Jaffna. She studies in grade 8 at a school in Jaffna. The final was held on Sunday, December…
