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President declares transport related services as essential service

President Ranil Wickremesinghe has declared transport related services as essential services with immediate effect. The President signed a Gazette notification declaring public transports services for passengers or goods, discharge, carriage, landing, storage, delivery & removal of articles of food or drink, or coal, oil, fuel from vessels within any port as defined for the purposes of the Customs Ordinance (Chapter 235), as essential services with immediate effect. The President has also decl

27 Feb, 2023

Ranil reveals China’s refusal to agree with India, Paris Club

President Ranil Wickremesinghe today revealed China’s refusal to agree to the same conditions placed by India and the Paris Club when restructuring Sri Lanka’s debt. He said that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) had proposed that all of Sri Lanka’s main creditors reach a consensus on restructuring Sri Lanka’s debt. Wickremesinghe said that while the Paris Club agreed to India’s conditions, China refused to do so.?Instead China wanted to place its own conditions. “China is a world power s

21 Feb, 2023

Election Commission decides to postpone LG polls

The Election Commission has decided to postpone the Local Government (LG) elections which was scheduled to be held on 9th March. The Commission says the new date will be announced on 3rd March. The Election Commission had recently informed the Supreme Court that it is finding it increasingly difficult to hold the Local Government elections on 09 March. In a motion filed before the Supreme Court (SC), the Election Commission has said that the failure by the Treasury to release adequate funds h

24 Feb, 2023