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Text and picture by PRIYAN DE SILVA   Executive Director of the Centre of Policy Alternatives (CPA)  Dr. Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu told journalists and Civil Society Activists at a workshop held in Kandy that China’s unwillingness to accept the proposed debt restructuring might deprive Sri Lanka of the US$ 2.9 billion credit facility, from the IMF. The staff-level agreement is to […]

"There are threats to life, I can say this, I have several death threats but we are not bothered about this. We believe that no one dies unless it is his time."

The senators said none of their constituents benefited from the programme coordinated by the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo.

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has decried what he termed as a massive decline in the volume of crude oil exports, primarily

Sri Lankas Cabinet of Ministers had cleared Appropriation Bill for 2023 allocating spending and borrowings for 2023 Minister Bandula Gunawardana said.

By Sanja De Silva Jayatilleka Foreign Minister Ali Sabry, addressing the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva last week said in no uncertain terms that any reference to ‘economic crimes’ was beyond the Human Rights Council’s mandate: “It is observed that the UN Acting High Commissioner for Human Rights has tabled a report […]

The Green Chamber is currently undergoing renovation.

The House of Representatives, on Tuesday, directed Fiscal Responsibility Commission (FRC) to issue new circular on the remittance of 100

The Auditor General says 27 Ministries Department and Agencies (MDA) and 218 Metropolitan Municipal District Assemblies (MMDA) have exceeded their approved budget by GHS10.5 billion for the year 2021. The overrun expenses of the 245 public entities were made on goods and services, other expenditure, compensation of employees, capital expenditures,…

Full text of the Interim Budget Speech – 2022 (Amendment to the Appropriation Act, No. 30 of 2021) delivered by President Ranil Wickremesinghe in parliament today (30) "Our aim is to create a surplus in the primary budget by the year 2025. Our effort is to stabilize the economic growth rate. Our