Minister of Finance of Japan, Shunichi Suzuki is scheduled to undertake an official visit to Sri Lanka from 11-12 January 2024.

State Minister for Finance Ranjith Siyambalapitiya emphasized that while Sri Lanka has 01 million individuals with the financial capacity to pay income tax, only 500,000 are presently meeting this obligation.

Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekara has held talks with the Ambassador of France in Sri Lanka Jean-François Pactet, regarding the potential energy sector investments and partnerships.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe joined a meeting with palm industrialists from the Northern Province on Sunday (07) at Thandei Chelwa Auditorium in Jaffna, the PMD said.

Thailand tp extend its fullest support and cooperation for strengthening Thai-Sri Lanka relations in the field of tourism, especially to enhance Buddhist Religious Tourism, and two-way tourism exchanges.

Sri Lanka has secured its place among the 13 affordable vacation destinations globally in a recent compilation by Fox News.

One person died and four others were injured in an accident when a Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) bus tried to overtake a van in the Tittawelkada area of the Colombo-Kandy main road and collided head-on with three other vans, police said.

The government is in the process of evolving fresh legislation to curb or eliminate the distortion of core religious teachings by some individuals creating social tension, Buddhasasana, Religious, and Cultural Affairs Minister Vidura Wickramanayake said.

United Nations Assistant Secretary General and UNDP Director for Asia and the Pacific, Kanni Wignaraja, expressed strong support for Sri Lanka's ongoing socio-political development reforms during a meeting with Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena today (January 4th).