by PRIYAN DE SILVA Secretary to the Ministry of Public Security S. Hettiarachchi told journalists that more personnel from the Special Task Force (STF) would be deployed to curb the drug menace and underworld activities. Hettiarachchi said that the drug menace was escalating and more and more schoolchildren were falling prey to unscrupulous drug dealers. […]
By Saman Indrajith Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Batticaloa District MP Shanakiyan Rasamanickam yesterday vowed to lead ‘China Go Home’ protests if Beijing did not restructure Sri Lanka’s debt expeiditiously.Speaking in parliament yesterday, Rasamanickam said that China was a 20 trillion US dollar economy and the total Sri Lankan debt to China is 7.4 billion dollars. […]
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International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has flagged rising inflationary pressures and China’s economic slowdown as risks to Asia’s economic outlook, calling on policymakers to rebuild their buffers against future shocks.Asian Development Bank President Masatsugu Asakawa also urged Asia’s policymakers to be vigilant to signs of any abrupt capital outflows driven by steady United […]
By Anuradha Hiripitiyage Minister of Power and Energy, Kanchana Wijesekera had instructed officials to charge Rs 50 per unit of electricity from those who consumed less than 30 units a month, Electricity Users Association (EUA) Secretary Sanjeewa Dhammika told the media yesterday.He said that the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) claimed that it needed to secure […]