Former Norwegian Prime Minister holds talks in Sri Lanka

State of border with ‘big neighbour’ China ‘still abnormal’, says EAM S Jaishankar

Referring to China as a ?big neighbour?, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday said that any healthy relationship is based on high degree of mutuality and adherence to agreements and departure from what was agreed is today at the heart of the difficult phase that India is passing through with China. Speaking at the India International Centre on Wednesday, he said, ?China has been a difficult swing, it?s a big neighbour, but at the end of the day any relations have to be based on a

30 Jun, 2023

COPF approves resolution on Domestic Debt Optimization

The Committee on Public Finance (COPF), which met today, has approved the Resolution on Domestic Debt Optimization by a majority. Extensive discussions on the Domestic Debt Optimization were held for the second consecutive day today at the Committee on Public Finance Chaired by (Dr.) Harsha de Silva. Discussions were also held yesterday (29), with Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe, Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL), K. M Mahinda Siriwardana, Secretary to the Treasury and high officials r

30 Jun, 2023

Fuel prices revised

The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (Ceypetco) has revised the price of fuel with the price of Petrol 92 Octane being increased by Rs. 10. Ceypetco said that?Petrol 92 Octane will now be sold at Rs. 328 per litre. Meanwhile, the price of Petrol 95 Octane has been reduced by Rs. 20 per litre to Rs. 365, the price of Auto Diesel down by Rs. 2 to Rs. 308, and the price of Super Diesel up by Rs. 6 to Rs. 346. The price of kerosene has been reduced by Rs. 6 and will be sold for Rs. 236. (Colombo Gaze

30 Jun, 2023