LNP - US offers 0% duty on 70–80% of Sri Lankan exports: Dy Minister
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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LNP - “Pay your taxes, and we’ll protect every rupee” – President Anura Kumara
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake announced that he has taken measures to reduce expenditure under the President’s budget wherever possible, with t...
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