- A special bus service will operate from April 08 to April 17 in consideration of the upcoming Sinhala and Tamil New Year season, the Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) said: added that plans are in place to operate long-distance buses during the day and night; passengers commuting on long-distance journeys will also be able to reserve seats.
- Christopher Hettlage, President of Bentlage, met with his counterpart at the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka (BOI) Dinesh Weerakkody: This was to discuss investment opportunities in the island: Bentlage is one of the world’s renowned labelling solution companies offering services from offset printing to in-mould labelling.
- Former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga urged all citizens of Sri Lanka to unite to defeat the brand new ‘Anti-Terrosim Bill’ which she described as “frightening”: noted that Democracy will have no place and all will be arrested under the new bill.
- Sri Lanka has fallen further in the index of countries with the highest inflation in the world prepared by Steve Hanke, professor of applied economics at John Hawking University in America: Sri Lanka has left the first page of the inflation index this time.Two weeks ago, Sri Lanka was ranked 18th on the index.
- Sri Lanka is set to unveil a Master Plan and National Tourism Policy to attract more tourists in to the island nation while developing Sigiriya: with arrivals surpassing the 100,000 mark in the first 26 days of March, Sri Lanka’s tourism industry has welcomed over 300,000 visitors in the first quarter, starting 2023 on a positive note.
- Sri Lanka is pushing Chinese, Indian and Singaporean authorities to expedite the negotiations process for the Free Trade Agreements (FTA) to be signed in 2023 or early 2024 while there are many issues to be resolved in the agreements: The Government is adopting an ambitious economic reforms program to revitalize the domestic economy.
- Former Speaker Karu Jayasuriya, who is an old boy of Ananda College, Colombo, has been given the once-in-a-lifetime award ‘Anandabhimani Award’ for his tremendous contribution to the establishment of ethnic peace consisting of economic, religious, cultural and political excellence.
- Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera has published a data chart of the profit received by the government from the sale of each type of fuel following the fuel price revision made on 29th: the profits are marked as 1.63 rupees per liter of octane 92 petrol and 1.15 rupees per liter of octane 95 petrol, 4 cents per liter of Lanka Auto Diesel, 2.26 rupees per liter of super diesel and 2.66 rupees per liter of kerosene.
- A decision has not been made as yet about the revival of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)-funded Light Rail Transit (LRT) project, stretching from Colombo Fort to Malabe, said Japanese Ambassador to Sri Lanka Hideaki Mizukoshi; added that the decision about the project depends on the reforms of the Sri Lankan government and if Sri Lanka can regain the trust of the Japanese government and business community.
- Foreign employment minister Manusha Nanayakkara says time period given for expatriates to import electric vehicles further extended until August this year: comments that amechanism will be prepared to give electric vehicle import licenses to other people who bring dollars to the country on a private basis.
