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Solicitor General Dilrukshi Dias Wickremasinghe interdicted

The Public Service Commission (PSC) has interdicted Solicitor General Dilrukshi Dias Wickremasinghe with immediate effect. The decision had been conveyed to the Attorney General, the Attorney General’s office said. Dilrukshi Dias Wickremasinghe has been interdicted over a leaked telephone conversation. In a leaked telephone conversation between her and?Avant-Garde Chairman Nissanka Senadhipathi, Wickremasinghe is heard expressing regret over the action taken on Avant-Garde. She said that had

24 Sep, 2019

Skeletal elephant dies weeks after parade outcry

An emaciated 70-year-old elephant that caused a social media outcry after being forced to take part in an annual Buddhist pageant in Sri Lanka has died, officials said Wednesday, according to AFP. The government has ordered an autopsy for Tikiri, a domesticated Asian elephant that died Tuesday night in Kegalle, 80 kilometres (50 miles) east of the capital Colombo, a wildlife department official said. Elephant expert Jayantha Jayewardene said the jumbo had been ill-treated. “Tikiri was severel

25 Sep, 2019

IMF reaches staff level agreement on sixth review with Sri Lanka

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reached a Staff Level Agreement on the Sixth Review of Sri Lanka’s Extended Fund Facility. In a media statement today the IMF said that based on the findings so far, staff will prepare a report that, subject to management approval, will be presented to the IMF’s Executive Board for discussion and decision. “We welcome the authorities? commitment to fiscal discipline and institutional reforms to anchor debt sustainability, while providing space to suppo

25 Sep, 2019