COLOMBO (News 1st); The Sri Lanka Governance Diagnostic Assessment September 2023 by the IMF mission has revealed that social tensions remain high in the island nation due to falling real incomes. This is despite tentative signs of macroeconomic stabilization with inflation moderating, exchange rat...

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Sri Lanka Governance Diagnostic Assessment September 2023 by an IMF mission has made sixteen short-term and mid-term priority recommendations to  contribute to the formulation of governance and anticorruption policies and programs in Sri Lanka. It also aims for the impr...

The Department of Irrigation says that the water levels in the Kelani River and Attanagalu Oya are rising to levels that requires attention. Director of the Hydrology and Disaster Management Division of the Irrigation Department S. P. C. Sugeeshwara says that the Gin, Nilwala and Kalu Ganga remain ...

The Health Entomology Officers' Association warns that the breeding of Dengue mosquitoes is significantly increasing due to the heavy showers. Its Chairman Najith Sumanasena says that the Breteau Index, which had dropped due to the arid weather, has now increased. Breteau index (BI) is calcula...

COLOMBO (News 1st); The International Commission of Jurists say that Sri Lanka's proposed Online Safety Bill would be an assault on freedom of expression, opinion, and information. The ICJ is concerned that the newly proposed Online Safety legislation, if adopted in its present form, would serv...