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Sri Lanka s opposition leader contesting the presidential election next week said Thursday that if he comes to power he will renegotiate with the International Monetary Fund the 2022 economic reforms package to ensure that the rich pay more taxes and the poor see their conditions improve. MORE..
12 Sep 2024 (8:56 PM)
The presidential candidate of the Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB), Sajith Premadasa says that he has never supported the groups that plunged the country into economic crisis. MORE..
12 Sep 2024 (11:59 AM)
The Inland Revenue Department (IRD) has announced that the total tax revenue collected for the period from January to August 2024 amounted to Rs. 1,229,245 million. MORE..
12 Sep 2024 (11:06 PM)
Six passengers including an Indian national have been arrested at Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) with undeclared goods including 159 bottles of foreign liquor and a haul of foreign cigarettes. MORE..
12 Sep 2024 (3:25 PM)
Sri Lanka s Parliament Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena Wednesday signed a bill to raise the monthly minimum wage by 12.5 per cent, days ahead of the island nation s presidential elections. MORE..
12 Sep 2024 (1:07 PM)