Asia Sri Lanka State-owned liquefied petroleum gas supplier Litro Gas plans to distribute 100.000 cylinders of LP gas per day to the market without any shortage during the festive season
Asia Sri Lanka A ship carrying 41.876 metric tonnes of Potash Muriate fertiliser is scheduled to sail from Canada to the Port of Colombo on 2 December, the Ministry of Agriculture said, thanks to a loan from the Asian Development Bank that enabled the purchase
Asia Sri Lanka According to the World Bank, Sri Lanka's offshore wind resources far exceed the South Asian country's energy demand and their development could help the country's economic recovery by replacing expensive fuel imports
Asia Sri Lanka In a joint statement, UN agencies in Colombo said they had raised $79 million to feed the needy, but the growing number of poor people makes an additional $70 million necessary
Asia Sri Lanka Two charter flights carrying essential medicines donated by China arrived in Colombo, third consignment from China this year after the deliveries of June and September
Asia Sri Lanka Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka has been named the winner of prestigious Booker Prize for Fiction for his second book 'The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida' telling the story of war photographer murdered in the country's civil war
Asia Sri Lanka Information and Communication Technology Agency will host World Entrepreneurship Week for the next three years until 2024, a global event that recognises and empowers entrepreneurs in every country through various initiatives
Asia Sri Lanka Sri Lanka's annual inflation rate soared to over 70% in August, with official data showing that food prices rose 84,6% from a year ago
Asia Sri Lanka On 23 September, the Sri Lankan government will inform all its external creditors about the deal agreed with the International Monetary Fund for economic recovery and the next steps in the debt restructuring process
Asia Sri Lanka The Welfare Benefit Board will introduce a system to identify those who are actually in need of financial assistance due to the current economic crisis, among the recipients of Samurdhi, Elderly and Physically Disabled benefits
Asia Sri Lanka The Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment stated that the law will be strictly enforced against persons and organisations that traffic in migrant workers under the pretext of providing tourist visas
Asia Sri Lanka India is likely to deliver a Dornier 228 military aircraft to Sri Lanka in the coming days, as part of the line of credit extended to the country
Asia Sri Lanka The government is cracking down on the organisers and participants of the protest movement, arresting several leaders of the demonstration, imposing travel bans on others and ordering the eviction of the last remaining protest tents