SRI LANKA

High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to India Milinda Moragoda met with Indian Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Shri Nitin Gadkari, in order to discuss opportunities for bilateral cooperation in the transport sector. MORE..

The Supreme Court is due to deliver the verdict on the petitions filed against the Central Bank (Amendment) Bill confidentially to the Speaker of the Parliament. MORE..

Several persons who were at the Kurunegala Office of the Department of Immigration and Emigration today (24 March) were inconvenienced after the electricity supply to the building was disconnected owing to the non-payment of bills. MORE..

The Moratuwa Magistrate s Court today (24 March) permitted the Mt. Lavinia Divisional Criminal Investigation Unit to detain and interrogate the suspect arrested over the mutilation of a man, for 48 hours. MORE..

Transgender women will no longer be allowed to compete in female track and field events regardless of their levels of testosterone, World Athletics President Sebastian Coe says. MORE..

Sri Lankan-born Minoli Tehani Perera, who was appointed as the Australian Ambassador to Zimbabwe, presented her credentials to the President of Zimbabwe, President Mnangagwa, on Wednesday (22 March). MORE..

The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) has responded to the protest staged outside the residence of BASL President Saliya Pieris, PC this morning (24 March). MORE..

Sri Lankan cricketer Dhananjaya de Silva has refuted claims that he refused to bat at No. 07 position in tomorrow s ODI match against New Zealand. MORE..

Sri Lanka will hold a virtual presentation next week to update its commercial creditors and investors following the receipt of IMF Executive Board approval for the bailout package. MORE..

From the first tranche of the IMF bailout package, USD 121 million was used to repay the first installment of the Indian credit line, State Minister of Finance Ranjith Siyambalapitiya says. MORE..

A group of persons staged a protest before the residence of President s Counsel (PC) Saliya Pieris s residence this morning (24 March), against his decision to represent underworld kingpin Harak Kata . MORE..

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) today (24 March) announced the official exchange rates. MORE..

The suspect who was recently caught on CCTV footage as he mutilated a man has surrendered before the court. MORE..

India s parliament disqualified the leader of the opposition Congress party, Rahul Gandhi, on Friday, a day after a magistrate s court jailed him for two years in a defamation case linked to Prime Minister Narendra Modi s surname. MORE..

The Ministry of Agriculture says 27,000 metric tons (MT) out of the 36,000 MT of Triple Super Phosphate (TSP) fertilizer (Mada Pohora ) donated by the USAID have been distributed to all agrarian service centres in the country over the past four days. MORE..

Minster of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera has stated that certain reforms pertaining to both, the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) and the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) have begun. MORE..

A special Parliamentary Select Committee has been appointed to study if child malnutrition is exacerbating in Sri Lanka. MORE..

Holders of Sri Lanka s international sovereign bonds face a 20% principal haircut in the country s debt restructuring as well as maturity extensions and a reduction in coupons, according to a Barclays report. MORE..

Lanak Sathosa says it has slashed the prices of ten essential food items with the intention of providing further relief to the people. MORE..

The government has decided to proceed with the Work Bank-funded project to modernize the Meteorology Department, Disaster Management Centre (DMC) and National Building Research Organization (NBRO), Defence State Minister Premitha Bandaran Tennakoon says. MORE..