Ukrainian captain of Avant-Garde ship arrested by CID

Australia will continue to support Sri Lanka

Australia will continue to support Sri Lanka as it makes progress on national reconciliation, Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said. She said this as she announced the appointment of Bryce Hutchesson as Australia’s next High Commissioner to Sri?Lanka.?Hutchesson will also have non-resident accreditation to the Maldives. Bishop said said that Australia has a close and long-standing bilateral relationship with Sri Lanka, underpinned by growing?trade and investment ties and extensive peop

18 Nov, 2015

CAA announces maximum retail prices for 6 items

The Consumer Affairs Authority has brought in a new set of ?(MRP) for six essential consumer items with effect from Friday 20 November. ?The new maximum prices are introduced to safeguard consumers from sudden market hikes? Minister of Industry and Commerce Rishad Bathiudeen said. Accordingly, the six essential items to which the Maximum Retail Prices (MRPs) has been introduced are Masoor Dhal (MRP Rs 190 per kilo), Potatoes (MRP Rs 145 per kilo), Big Onion (MRP Rs 155 per kilo), Chicken Meat

18 Nov, 2015

All party meeting to have a time frame

President Maithripala Sirisena today said that the all party meeting, also known as the All Party Committee (APC) will have a?fixed agenda and time frame. The President was speaking at the second meeting?of the APC held today at the Presidential Secretariat. In accordance with the agreement of the meeting, he instructed the relevant officials to give Sinhala, English and Tamil translations of the proposals of each political party to the parties attending the meeting, fulfilling the request mad

17 Nov, 2015