Sri Lanka’s economic crisis is hurting education and students’ future prospects
Sri Lanka is currently facing its worst economic crisis yet – an acute foreign currency shortage, looming debt repayments, high inflation and food fuel and medicine shortages. Island-wide protests hav Read More »
Power sector: NFE agreements gather steam
The Finance Ministry is stepping up to finalise the controversial $ 250 million power deal with the US energy company New Fortress Energy (NFE) Inc., The Sunday Morning learns. Read More »
Emergency medical services funding: Suwa Seriya operations at risk
A shortage of funds is threatening to impact the operations of the 1990 Suwa Seriya 24-hour emergency medical ambulance service, The Sunday Morning learns. Read More »
Debt restructuring: Financial and legal advisors finalised
Two candidates for the posts of legal consultant and financial advisor, who will help Sri Lanka negotiate rescheduling of debt, have been finalised by the technical and steering committees, The Sunday Read More »
Parking revenue: CMC loses millions to errant companies
A recent report by the National Audit Office (NAO) has revealed that the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) has incurred hundreds of millions of rupees in losses from contracting parking lots to private Read More »
Tear gas canisters: ‘Priority item during a crisis’
The Government yesterday (7) asserted that a new variant of tear gas canisters currently being used to disperse protests had been ordered several years earlier. Read More »
Imported riot control vehicle: ‘For UN Peacekeeping mission in Mali’
The Ministry of Public Security yesterday (7) clarified that the new riot control vehicles seen at the Hambantota Port were imported to be sent for a United Nations (UN) Peacekeeping mission in Africa Read More »
