CPC issues red notice to SriLankan Airlines on fuel payments

Travel ban on Gotabaya lifted in Avant Garde case

The travel ban on former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa was lifted today in the Avant Garde case. The Colombo Chief Magistrate lifted the ban imposed on?Rajapaksa and six others from travelling overseas. The ban was lifted on the condition that?Gotabaya Rajapaksa attends the next hearing in the case. (Colombo Gazette)

01 Dec, 2016

US Vice President-elect telephones President Sirisena

US Vice President-elect Mike Pence telephoned President Maithripala Sirisena today and discussed future US-Sri Lanka relations. Pence and?President Maithripala Sirisena had reportedly discussed further strengthening US-Sri Lanka relations under President Donald Trump. US Vice President-elect Mike Pence has told President Sirisena he will look to arrange a meeting soon between Trump and Sirisena. Pence and Sirisena had also discussed maritime security and disaster management. Trump will take o

01 Dec, 2016

Legal barriers for consumers to sell solar power to be removed

The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) has decided to remove the legal barriers for consumers who wish to enter into electricity generation based on solar power. Therefore, it has been proposed to exempt the electricity consumers, who generate electricity on a small scale through rooftop solar power plants, from obtaining a license to sell electricity to the National grid. According to the Sri Lanka Electricity Act, as amended, no party is allowed to generate and sell electricity

30 Nov, 2016