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'Gas price cuts must reach consumers'

SriLanka, July 5 -- The benefits of recent LP Gas price reductions must be passed directly on to consumers, National Consumers' Front Convenor Asela Sampath said yesterday, describing it "unfortunate"... Read More


Government rules out further changes to Anti-Terror Bill

SriLanka, July 5 -- The Government's draft Protection of the State from Terrorism (PSTA) Bill, which seeks to repeal the long-criticised Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), is in its final form and wil... Read More


Northern HSZ land return fast-tracked

Srilanka, June 28 -- Releasing privately owned lands in Sri Lanka's Northern Province that remain under the control of the Security Forces is now being expedited, senior Defence Ministry top brass tol... Read More


Lower fuel prices mulled as Middle East tensions ease

Srilanka, June 21 -- The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) would reduce retail prices of fuel when global fuel prices fall closer to the levels that prevailed before the escalation of US-Iran tension... Read More


NSO spurs BESS to cut fossil fuel dependence

SriLanka, June 14 -- Sri Lanka will move ahead with the second phase of the Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) procurement following the implementation of its first 160 MW grid-scale battery storage... Read More


Countrywide audit of elders' care homes under way

Sri Lanka, June 7 -- As grieving families sought answers over the deaths of 13 residents in the Mawpiya Sevana Senehase Kedella fire in Batagoda, Anguruwathota, Social Security and Community Empowerme... Read More


Low-pressure weakens but 48-hour rain threat remains

Sri Lanka, May 17 -- The low-pressure system in the North-East of the country that triggered intense downpours is expected to weaken gradually, Meteorology Department duty forecasters said yesterday. ... Read More


Govt to release billions to renewable power firms

Sri Lanka, May 17 -- The Government will defuse a growing financial crisis in Sri Lanka's renewable energy sector, with over half of the nearly Rs. 10 billion owed to renewable power suppliers expecte... Read More


Sri Lanka to ban e-cigarettes

SriLanka, May 3 -- The Ministry of Health will strengthen the country's already tough regulatory stance on nicotine products with moves under way to ban e-cigarettes as part of sweeping reforms to cre... Read More


Major fuel consignments arrive

SriLanka, May 3 -- Two shipments of petrol and diesel arrived yesterday at the Port of Colombo, with unloading operations under way at the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) terminals. . At the time ... Read More