By Chandre Dharmawardana chandre.dharma@yahoo.ca According to a recent news report (The Island 23rd June 2023), Minister Mahinda Amaraweera has claimed that the “agricultural sector to be transformed into an export-oriented economy”! This is a surprising statement since the plantation sector, established by the British, has been from the start (and even now) an export-oriented economy....

Saturday 24th June, 2023 Trade Minister Nalin Fernando has undertaken to ensure that all traders display price lists. There are already laws to this effect, and the question is why successive governments have not cared to enforce them properly. The Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) must be made to explain why price lists are not displayed […]

Five army personnel were injured early this morning (June 20) in a tragic road accident in Radawadunna on the Colombo-Kandy main road.

Transport Minister Bandula Gunawardena announced on Sunday that the Cabinet of Ministers had approved a proposal to operate electric buses in the city of Colombo. The decision aims to mitigate environmental damage caused by exhaust fumes and the impact of rising fuel prices. Minister Gunawardena

It is important that Sri Lanka restructures its debt and relaxes the restrictions imposed on imports by the end of this year, Sri Lankan High Commissioner to India, Milinda Moragoda told News First in an interview on Thursday night. Sri Lanka has suspended its external debt repayments and the import of many goods, which are against […]

It was important for Sri Lanka to restructure its debt and relax import restrictions by the end of this year, Sri Lankan High Commissioner to India, Milinda Moragoda told News First in an interview on Thursday night. Sri Lanka had suspended its external debt repayments and the import of many goods, which are against some […]

India’s G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant on Friday said while there would be a consensus on the various issues that are being discussed at the forum during New Delhi’s presidency, the country will be putting forth a developmental agenda, including digital public initiative and the drive for green hydrogen. Speaking at the Confederation of India’s (CII) […]

Islamabad [Pakistan], June 6 (ANI): The All Pakistan Professors and Lecturers Association (APPLA) has demanded the federal and provincial governments to announce a 100 per cent pay raise and allowance adjustments for all government employees, including teachers, in the upcoming budget, The News International Newspaper reported. This comes as the prices of essential commodities and […]

Some countries, including Australia and the US, are continuing to maintain a travel advice on Sri Lanka with visitors being told to exercise caution. The US travel advisory issued last October maintains that visitors must exercise increased caution in Sri Lanka due to fuel and medicine shortages

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In a bid to address the foreign exchange crisis in Sri Lanka and ensure a steady supply of fuel, the Ministry of Power and Energy has taken decisive action. Accordingly, an agreement was signed on Thursday (08) at the Presidential Secretariat, between the Government of Sri Lanka and RM Parks Inc

ශ්රී ලංකාව තුළ අඛණ්ඩ ඉන්ධන සැපයුමක් සහතික කරමින්ඛනිජ තෙල් නිෂ්පාදන ආනයනය, ගබඩා කිරීම, බෙදා හැරීම සහ විකිණීම සඳහා ශ්රී ලංකා රජය සහ ආර්.එම්. පාර්ක්ස් සමාගම(RM Parks Inc)අතර දිගුකාලීන ගිවිසුමකට අත්සන්The post ශ්රී ලංකාව තුළ අඛණ්ඩ ඉන්ධන සැපයුමක් සහතික කිරීමට නව ගිවිසුමකට අත්සන් තැබේ appeared first on ITN News.

An agreement has been signed between the Government of Sri Lanka and RM Parks Inc., in collaboration with Shell Plc for a long-term contract for the importation, storage, distribution, and sale of petroleum products in Sri Lanka.

Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera has revealed that less than half of the fuel stations operated by the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) have maintained the minimum required stocks on all products last week.

By Chani Imbulgoda “We suffer today, because leaders in the past have failed to govern this country properly”. Oh, the predecessor has not done things well, they all have let the place go haywire”. Familiar excuses… When one takes over the leadership be it the country, be it an organisation, or be it a new […]

Tuesday 6th June, 2023 Most people are labouring under the misconception that every prospect pleases in this country and only politicians are vile. Hence the unprecedented rise of anti-politics during the past several years and the demand that all 225 MPs go home. It is popularly thought that all we need to do is to […]

Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera has assured that sufficient fuel stocks will be available in all filling stations across the island by Sunday (04 June).

The Fuel Station Owners Association has raised concerns of a recent racket involving persons using the QR codes of others to pump petrol.

By Rathindra Kuruwita Indian and Chinese companies will dominate the lubricant and bunkering markets soon, convenor of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) trade union wing, Samagi Joint Trade Union Alliance, Ananda Palitha, said yesterday. “Sinopec will take over the Southern markets, while Lanka IOC will take over the Northern markets,” he said. Palitha said these […]