Several trade unions have decided to engage in strike actions today (Feb. 08), in protest of the government s new tax policy and its failure to address the shortage of medicines in the country. MORE..
8 Feb 2023 (10:08 AM)
President Ranil Wickremesinghe, delivering the government s policy statement in parliament today, said he is ready to make politically unpopular decisions, such as introducing new tax policies, to put the country back on track. MORE..
8 Feb 2023 (12:28 PM)
Several Fundamental Rights (FR) petitions filed demanding the annulment of former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa s decision to pardon former MP Duminda Silva, who was convicted and sentenced to death over the murder of Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra, was taken up before the Supreme Court this morning (07 Feb.). MORE..
7 Feb 2023 (7:06 PM)