Price of wheat flour increased

Canadian envoy takes on Namal on twitter

The Canadian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka?David McKinnon has reacted to Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa on twitter over a comment he made on the United National Party (UNP) and Tamil National Alliance (TNA) meeting diplomats in Colombo to discuss the political crisis. Rajapaksa had tweeted saying “Interesting to see @officialunp JVP & TNA politicians meeting with the int. community. Perhaps if more effort was given toward meeting with the people & communities of #lka & paying heed to their ho

21 Nov, 2018

CBSL says latest Moody?s ratings unwarranted

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) is of the view that the decision by Moody?s Investors Service (Moody’s) on 20 November 2018 to downgrade the Government of Sri Lanka’s foreign currency issuer and senior unsecured ratings from B1 (Negative) to B2 (Stable) does not properly reflect the country?s macroeconomic fundamentals, and therefore unwarranted. The CBSL said that Sri Lanka?s macroeconomic position has neither deteriorated nor has there been any policy slippage since Moody?s last rating d

21 Nov, 2018

Former DIG Nalaka de Silva further remanded

Former Terrorist Investigations Department head, (DIG)?Nalaka de Silva, was today ordered to be further remanded till December 5th. He was arrested last month by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) after being questioned?over an alleged conspiracy to assassinate President Maithripala Sirisena and other VVIPs. Activist Namal Kumara had made the revelation to the media over the plot to kill the President, following a telephone conversation he had with?Nalaka de Silva.?(Colombo Gazette)

21 Nov, 2018