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Sri Lanka has extended its multiple-entry tourist visa up to five years to boost tourism, Tourism Minister Harin Fernando said yesterday. The Minister said that Sri Lanka now offers one-year multiple entry visas. The country also issues single entry visas, with a six-month stay period. The Minister said that the Cabinet of Ministers approved his […]

Contrary to former Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB) lawmaker Ranjan Ramanayake’s claim that he has returned to the apartment where he lived at the time he lost his parliamentary seat in April 2021, he had handed over that house some time back, according to sources. Parliament has since allocated the apartment to Nanayakkara, who did not […]

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Tuesday said negotiation with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on a bailout package has reached the final stage as he presented an interim budget in Parliament, aimed at boosting revenue and providing relief to people hit hard by the island nation&rs

Galle Face protesters ask for probe in terms of Money Laundering Act By Shamindra Ferdinando The Sarvapaskshika Aragalakaruwo (All-party Agitators) of the Galle Face protest movement has lodged a complaint with the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) seeking an investigation into Rohitha Rajapaksa’s ownership of ‘Green Eco Lodge’ hotel situated at Gongalakanda, Kolonna, in Embilipitiya, close […]

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Tuesday said that negotiation with the IMF on a bailout package has reached the final stage as he presented an interim budget in Parliament, aimed at boosting revenue and providing relief to people hit hard by the island nation’s worst economic cris

Sri Lanka’s government is increasing the country’s Telecommunication Levy from 11.25% to 15% as part of a broader spate of tax hikes that will also see VAT rise from 8% to 12%.