Two officials arrested for stealing flood relief items

MRP on several medical items revised

The Maximum Retail Price (MRP) on several medical items has been revised through an Extraordinary Gazette. The gazette issued by the Ministry of Health states that the maximum retail price on intraocular lenses, stents, blood glucose monitoring systems and pulse oximeters, has been revised. “The Medical Devices Pricing Regulations, No. 01 of 2017 published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 2006/45 of February 17, 2017, as amended by regulations published in Gazette Extraordinary No. 2114/54 of

28 Mar, 2022

US assures Sri Lanka credit facilities for renewable energy projects

The United States has assured Sri Lanka credit facilities for renewable energy projects. The US Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Julie Chung said that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will provide credit facilities for renewable energy projects. The Ambassador made these remarks when she called on President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat, today. The Ambassador commended the assistance given by the Government during the visit of the US State Department

28 Mar, 2022

SLPP insists no move to make Ranil the Prime Minister

The ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) says there is no move to appoint United National Party (UNP) Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe as the new Prime Minister. SLPP member and Cabinet Minister Rohitha Abeygunawardena said that the SLPP is not mad to appoint Wickremesinghe as the new Prime Minister. He noted that the UNP, under Wickremesinghe’s leadership, lost the last election and was able to secure just one seat in Parliament. Abeygunawardena said that the SLPP will not look to appoint su

28 Mar, 2022