The New government is to obtain a loan of US$ 30 million from the general capital resources of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), directly to the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) in two instalments, for the completion of the Moragolla hydropower project.

The Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Qi Zhenhong, met with President Anura Kumara Dissanayake this afternoon (22) at the Presidential Secretariat. During their meeting, Ambassador Qi made a donation of LKR 30 million (USD 100,000) as emergency flood relief to assist those affected by the recent flooding in the country.

It has been revealed that the government has yet to receive the deposit of 660 million rupees held by the owners of a building in Rajagiriya, controversially acquired during the Yahapalana government for the Ministry of Agriculture.

The Ministry of Transport and Highways has announced the resumption of construction on the Central Expressway section between Kadawatha and Mirigama, funded by local aids.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has addressed media reports suggesting that Sri Lanka did not sign the Joint Letter supporting the UN Secretary General, following the recent declaration by Israel's Minister of Foreign Affairs designating the UN Secretary General as “persona non grata”.

The first ever Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting hosted by a small-island Pacific nation has launched. The first day of CHOGM was opened with a traditional Samoan ceremony.

The tiny villages of Haryana state in India’s rural north-west find themselves in an unlikely spotlight these days.

Four people including a child have been killed in an Israeli air strike near the main government hospital in southern Beirut, the Lebanese health ministry says.

Foreigners have purchased an additional Rs. 12 billion worth of Government Securities since 20 September, according to finance ministry sources

The Ministry of Finance outlined that recent tensions in the Middle East are likely to pose risks to the Sri Lankan economy and fiscal operations.