Agriculture Minister Mahinda Amaraweera presented a Cabinet paper to the Cabinet yesterday (16) to provide a higher price for paddy to the paddy farmers. The Minister announced that on the advice of the Sub-Committee appointed by the Cabinet...

July remittance income at US$ 279.5 mn. slightly up from June, but down from US$ 453.3 mn a year ago. Cumulative figure for the seven-month period down 50% YoY to US$ 1.8bn.

On the instructions of President Ranil Wickremesinghe, President’s Secretary Saman Ekanayake has informed all government institutions to strictly adhere to the Circular issued by the Treasury regarding the limitation of government expe...

The Opposition as well as several other parties alleged that the government had lost as much as Rs 600 bn due to the controversial decision to do away with a range of taxes including PAYE, NBT (Nation Building Tax), Withholding tax, Capital...