Although Rs. 40 million is spent monthly on salary payments for the Dr. Neville Fernando Teaching Hospital (NFTH), the government does not intend to operate the hospital as a traditional government facility, Health and Mass Media Minister Nalinda Jayatissa said.
The government is formulating a mechanism to provide relief to depositors who had to pay 10 percent withholding tax whereas they earn less than Rs. 150,000 deposit interest a month, Minister of Labour Anil Jayantha said today.
While assuming duties as the new General Manager of Sri Lanka Railways (GMR) today, Dhammika Jayasundara said that the Railway Department should transform into an institution that brings happiness to the people and to provide a people-friendly service.
Legal action has been taken against nearly 9,000 drivers, including 251 for driving under the influence of liquor, for traffic violations and reckless driving within a 24-hour period that ended yesterday, police said.
National consumer prices continued their descent for the third month in a row in November 2024, at a pace much deeper than a month ago as prices either fell or remained unchanged helping the pocketbooks of large swaths of people who were hammered for many years due to runaway prices since 2022.
Making a fresh approach towards the stagnating tax issue of staggering Rs.5.8 billion defaulted by the local liquor giant W. M. Mendis and Co. Ltd. the newly appointed Excise Chief has proposed a way-out to settle 50% of the arrears to reactivate its suspended production licence, the Daily Mirror learns.
An organized group is once again deceiving the public on a large scale, as evidenced by a sharp increase in financial fraud complaints during the Christmas and New Year season, Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Readiness Team (SLCERT) Chief Information Security Engineer Nirosh Ananda said.
Stressing the need to resolve issues in the supply of medicines soon, Health Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa said the National Medicine Regulatory Authority (NMRA), State Pharmaceuticals Corporation (SPC), State Pharmaceuticals Manufacturing Corporation (SPMC) and Medical Supplies Division (MSD) must take the responsibility of providing quality medicines to the people continuously.
The Police Special Task Force (STF) will be deployed to contain theft of power cables laid to supply electricity to the Katunayake-Colombo expressway, according to a statement from the Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation Ministry.
Two persons including an acting revenue officer of the Weweldeniya Sub Office attached to the Mirigama Pradeshiya Sabha were arrested by the Bribery Commission for accepting one kilo of chicken worth Rs. 1,170 as a bribe.
A new Gazette Extraordinary has been issued, outlining the procedure for the payment of monthly benefit allowances to eligible families and individuals under the Aswesuma Welfare Benefit Payment Scheme, effective from January 2025.
6% increase in liquor prices
Cigarette prices increased
Public consultation on Western Province tariff revision today at BMICH
SLTB launches luxury bus service between BIA and Makumbura
Sri Lankan brides seek justice after foreign husbands abandon them
Clean Sri Lanka spirit at the feet of the Avukana Buddha statue