LNP - Government to remove Rs. 50 tax on fuel after paying off CPC debt: Minister

2025-07-22   |   Politics

The government will remove the Rs. 50 tax on fuel after paying off the total debt of the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) which has been acquired by...

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LNP - BOI approves 57 projects, Sri Lanka gets USD 569mn in FDIs in 2025: Dy Minister

2025-07-22   |   Politics

The Board of Investment (BOI) has approved 57 projects so far this year (2025), according to Deputy Minister of Industry and Entrepreneurship Developm...

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LNP - President inaugurates wax museum at historic Ehelepola Walawwa in Kandy

2025-07-18   |   Politics

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has officially declared opened the Wax Museum at the historic Ehelepola Walawwa in Kandy today (17). The Ehelepola ...

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LNP - US offers 0% duty on 70–80% of Sri Lankan exports: Dy Minister

2025-07-17   |   Politics

The United States has offered to accept 70 to 80% of products exported from Sri Lanka without imposing any tariffs, Deputy Minister of Economic Develo...

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LNP - Reach out to White House directly over tariff deal: Sajith tells government

2025-07-11   |   Politics

The government must initiate direct negotitiations with the White House over the tariff deal without focusing only on negotiations with the US Departm...

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LNP - Sri Lanka gets largest US tariff cut, says Deputy Foreign Minister

2025-07-10   |   Politics

US President Donald Trump has decided to impose a 30% reciprocal tariff on all goods imported from Sri Lanka. The White House has issued an official l...

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LNP - Government to introduce Property Tax by mid-2027

2025-07-08   |   Politics

Sri Lanka plans to introduce a property tax by the first half of 2027, according to the latest International Monetary Fund (IMF) review under the Exte...

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LNP - 124 unauthorised structures in Sigiriya to be removed: Minister

2025-07-03   |   Politics

Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs Minister Hiniduma Sunil Senevi revealed that 124 unauthorised structures have been erected within the lim...

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LNP - Ex-Minister Mervyn Silva and 2 others granted bail

2025-07-03   |   Politics

Former Minister Mervyn Silva and two others were granted bail today (03) by the Gampaha High Court over allegations of selling state land in Kiribathg...

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LNP - Education Minister calls for urgent measures to end ragging and violence in universities

2025-07-03   |   Politics

Education Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya has called for the formulation of comprehensive recommendations and measures to eradicate ragging, harassmen...

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LNP - Former Minister Gamini Lokuge passes away

2025-07-01   |   Politics

Former Minister and veteran politician Gamini Lokuge has passed away a short while ago at the age of 82, according to family sources. Lokuge commenced...

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LNP - Indictments served against ex-Minister Lakshman Yapa

2025-06-30   |   Politics

Former Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena and former Director General of the Board of Investment (BOI) of Sri Lanka, Jayantha Edirisinghe, were today ...

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LNP - Dr. Sanjeewa Thennakoon re-elected as GMOA President

2025-06-29   |   Politics

Dr. Sanjeewa Thennakoon has been re-elected as the President of the Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA). Dr. Prabath Sugathadasa has als...

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LNP - Israel-Iran conflict takes centre-stage in Sri Lanka’s Parliament

2025-06-17   |   Politics

Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa today questioned as to what steps have been taken by the government to lessen the impact the Israel-Iran con...

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LNP - ‘No room for policy errors’ - warning to Sri Lanka from IMF

2025-06-16   |   Politics

With increasing tariffs, developments in the Middle East, uncertainty around energy prices, Sri Lanka has no room for policy errors, according to a st...

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LNP - Hoping to make Sri Lanka’s current EFF program with IMF the last one - President

2025-06-16   |   Politics

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake states that he hopes to make the current Extended Fund Facility (EFF) program with the International Monetary Fund ...

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LNP - President attends business forum with leading German companies

2025-06-14   |   Politics

The Business Forum organised by the Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce (DIHK) was held this afternoon (13) at the DIHK headquarte...

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LNP - President invites German investors to explore new opportunities in tourism sector

2025-06-13   |   Politics

Highlighting the new investment opportunities emerging in Sri Lanka’s tourism industry, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake extended an open invitati...

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LNP - President Anura Kumara departs for official visit to Germany

2025-06-11   |   Politics

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has left the island short while ago, to embark on a three-day official visit to Germany from June 11 to 13, 2025.&n...

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LNP - Ex-Minister Mervyn Silva granted bail

2025-06-06   |   Politics

The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) today (June 6) filed an indictment before the Colombo High Court against f...

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LNP - SriLankan to pay USD 275,000 monthly for new airbus: Minister

2025-06-05   |   Politics

SriLankan Airlines has to pay only a USD 275,000 monthly fee to the new airbus leased by the SriLankan airlines from France, Transport Minister Bimal ...

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LNP - All government employees advised to wear masks

2025-06-04   |   Politics

Heads of all government institutions have been instructed to advise their employees to wear face masks as a precautionary measure against the potentia...

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LNP - Sri Lanka received USD 650 million in FDI in first quarter: Minister

2025-06-04   |   Politics

Sri Lanka received USD 650 million in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) during the first quarter of this year (2025), according to Minister of Industry ...

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LNP - Tesla is ‘not interested’ in producing cars in India – minister

2025-06-03   |   Politics

Elon Musk-owned electric vehicle (EV) giant Tesla is “not interested in manufacturing in India”, the country’s heavy industries minister has sai...

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LNP - Australia ready to work with Sri Lanka’s new administration: Australian Deputy Prime Minister

2025-06-03   |   Politics

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence of Australia Richard Marles, reflecting on the 70-year economic and political relationship between the ...

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