Matara police arrest 28 illegal asylum seekers

Multiple amendments to be introduced to 20th Amendment

The Government is to introduce multiple amendments to the draft 20th Amendment to the Constitution. Attorney General Dappula de Livera informed the Supreme Court today that the amendments will be introduced during the committee stage debate in Parliament on the draft 20th Amendment. The Attorney General informed the Supreme Court of the move when several petitions filed before the Supreme Court against the 20th Amendment were taken up for consideration today. A total of 39 petitions have been

29 Sep, 2020

Moody’s downgrades three Sri Lankan banks

Moody?s Investors Service today downgraded the long-term foreign and local currency deposit ratings of three banks in Sri Lanka. Moody’s has downgraded the long-term foreign currency deposit ratings of Bank of Ceylon (BOC), Hatton National Bank PLC (HNB) and Sampath Bank PLC (Sampath) to Caa1 from B3, and the banks’ long-term local currency deposit ratings to Caa1 from B2. At the same time, Moody’s has downgraded the Baseline Credit Assessment (BCA) of BOC to caa1 from b3, and those of HNB and

29 Sep, 2020

Galle District hit by serious drinking water problem

The Galle District has been hit by a serious drinking water problem, Southern Province Governor Dr Willy Gamage said. He said that only 1/3 of the drinking water requirement of the city of Galle is supplied. ?The drinking water problem in Galle District is very serious. It supplies only 1/3 of the drinking water requirement of the city of Galle. There is no way to provide new water connections too,” he said. He was speaking at a public consultation on water issues and solutions in the Souther

30 Sep, 2020