Category: Sri Lanka
Strike at Colombo Port leads to heated exchange with officials, and Navy
COLOMBO (News 1st); Tensions boiled over during a protest at the Sri Lanka Ports Authority in Colombo during a strike launched by the dockworkers at…
Trade union strike to end on Thursday as President decides to consider demands
COLOMBO (News 1st); The Professionals Trade Union Collective says that the on-going strike will be called off at 8 AM on Thursday (16), as the…
China donates police uniform material to Sri Lanka
COLOMBO (News 1st); The Chinese Embassy handed over a donation of material to the Government of Sri Lanka for the production of police uniforms. The…
President’s Media Division responds to strikes by Trade Unions
COLOMBO (News 1st); The President’s Media Division operating from the Sri Lankan President’s Office released a series of statements on the nation-wide strikes that were…
Another four countries give assurances to IMF on Sri Lanka
COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister Ali Sabry, PC said that four more countries have stepped forward to provide debt restructuring assurances to the…
NO leave for railways workers
COLOMBO (News 1st); Leave of all employees of Sri Lanka Railways cancelled with immediate effect, said the Superintendent of Sri Lanka Railway on Tuesday (14)…
Ease the burden on the people; Conduct elections on time, Mahanayake Theros tell President
COLOMBO (News 1st); The Mahanayake Theros of the Malwathu and Asgiri Chapters in a letter to the President have called for measures to reduce the…
Sri Lanka will not risk offering debt treatment outside IMF program
COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has expressed gratitude to the Paris Club, Japan, India, and China for enabling cooperation required to reach…
Tenure of LG bodies will be announced, soon
COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena noted that immediate measures will be taken to announce the new tenure of Local Government Institutions….
Korea to fund Floating Solar Plant project; Cabinet gives green light for pilot project
COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka’s Cabinet of Ministers has granted approval to go ahead with a pilot project to install Floating Solar Panel Power Plants…
