Kaduwela DS officer arrested for accepting bribe

Landing and parking fees at local airports waived off

The landing and parking fees at local airports will be waived off for a limited period of time to encourage international flights to arrive in Sri Lanka. The Government said that measures have been taken to open the airports in the island from December 26, 2020 to January 19, 2021. The airports will be opened in line with the health recommendations as a pilot project ahead of plans to open the airports in the island for foreign tourists. Accordingly, international airlines will operate during

22 Dec, 2020

No decision on Maldives offer to bury Muslims from Sri Lanka

The Government says no decision has been taken yet on the offer made by the Maldives to bury the bodies of Muslim Covid victims from Sri Lanka. Cabinet co-spokesman Minister Dr. Ramesh Pathirana told reporters at the weekly post-cabinet media briefing today that the Government of Sri Lanka had not made an official request from the Maldives in this regard. Maldivian Foreign Minister Abdullah Shahid had issued a statement on social media recently claiming that a request was made by President Got

22 Dec, 2020

Strong capital inflows to further strengthen Indian rupee in the week ahead

Persistent foreign fund inflows on the back of bullish global cues will strengthen the rupee during the upcoming week, analysts said. Besides, lesser intervention from the Reserve Bank of India is expected after it was called out by the US Treasury Department to curtail its market activities. “RBI intervention is keeping the rupee stable, as it feels prudent to insulate rupee from the strong capital inflows. US Fed putting India on watch list is expected to reduce pace of intervention going fo

22 Dec, 2020