By A.J.A. Abeynayake The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) Tuesday petitioned the Court of Appeal seeking the issuance of a writ order nullifying the Extraordinary Gazette Notification issued by the Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka ordering the conversion of foreign currency received through bank accounts into Sri Lankan rupees. The petition […]
SJB MP Harin Fernando told Parliament yesterday that he suspected that the recent explosions were part of a plan to reduce the use of gas in the country. Participating in the third reading state debate on Budget 2022, MP Fernando said that there was a move to reduce the demand for gas cylinders. He claimed […]
Members of the Committee on Public Finance recently recommended that if the import ban on rice, which was imposed last April, is to be lifted, it should be done only after a proper forecast of the coming Yala harvest. The Chairman of the Committee on Finance Anura Priyadharshana Yapa pointed out that under the prevailing […]
Four deaths reported from town on Tuesday Anuradhapura District SJB MP Rohana Bandara Dissanayake told Parliament yesterday that his district had become a COVID-19 red zone and more than 1,000 schoolchildren had contracted the disease. He said that over 100 teachers in the district had also been infected. The number of patients reported from the […]
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