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Lanka Ashok Leyland, Toyota Lanka, Browns and Solex get prison vehicle tenders

For the purchase of 30 44-seater buses, 10 30-seater buses, 10 vans, 5 gully bowsers and 3 tractors for the Prisons Dep

November 11, 2025 1 min read

Sri Lanka awards Excise Dept revenue system contract to MillenniumIT ESP, Metropolitan Technologies

Contract to Millennium I.T.E.S.P (pvt) Ltd and Metropolitan Technologies (Pvt) Ltd for Rs1,310.94mn - tax-fre

October 14, 2025 1 min read

GovPay boosts traffic fine payments in Sri Lanka: Official

"With yesterday recording the highest volume since the Western Province went live,"

September 22, 2025 1 min read

Sri Lanka opens large water supply system funded by China

Includes 88,000 new water connections and the upgrading of about 22,000 existing water connections.

September 19, 2025 1 min read

Sri Lanka allocates Rs910mn for rural development in Matara

910 million has been allocated to the Matara District through the budget for rural development programs for 2024

Nethmi Rajawasam
January 19, 2024 2 min read

Sri Lanka adds 300,000 more families to Aswesuma welfare scheme

Back payments from July to December will be transferred to the bank accounts of the newly selected families

Nethmi Rajawasam
January 19, 2024 1 min read

P R A S Gunawardana designated new Sri Lanka envoy to Maldives

Sri Lanka Parliament's committee on high posts approved persons for top posts

January 17, 2024 1 min read
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Tighter rules for Sri Lanka's gov employees after allowance increase

Circular mandates that employees be courteous in providing services, and answer phones

January 11, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka to strengthen local gov act to curb unauthorized construction

This will remove existing barriers to taking immediate action to prevent unauthorized constructions

Apsara Rodrigo
December 27, 2023 1 min read

No bonuses for employees of gov bodies unless they earned profit: Minister

Staff bonus for commercial corporations, statutory boards and government owned companies for 2023 only if profitable

December 22, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka gov invites public input for OGP National Action Plan 2023-25

Public comments invited for formulation of Open Government Partnership National Action Plan 2023-2025,

December 20, 2023 1 min read

After disqualifying Indian bidders, Sri Lanka hopes to select Digital ID printer by 2024 Q1

The Digital ID card project has been dragged despite India has already given 450 mln INR grant

Shihar Aneez
December 19, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka government urges public to update their mobile SIM registration

Sri Lanka has around 8 million more SIM cards than the entire population

November 10, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka public officials get training on AAAG capabilities

Executive programme to equip public officials with capabilities on Anticipatory, Agile and Adaptive Governance

Apsara Rodrigo
November 2, 2023 2 min read
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156,261 Sri Lanka Aswesuma beneficiaries need bank accounts

Beneficiaries will be given time until December to open accounts and benefit from July installments.

Nethmi Rajawasam
October 26, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka’s targeted Aswesuma poverty alleviation program faces delay amid resistance

Payments were made for some beneficiaries only in July. No payments were made for August, September

Shihar Aneez
October 24, 2023 3 min read

Sri Lanka water board to go digital with Japan support

NWSDB will be supported to transform its current paper document system into digital form to speed up its operations

October 17, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka to introduce social security system: minister

The system will address weaknesses of the current system and provide much-needed support to workers and their families

September 27, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka's SEC approves new listing board and rules for SOEs

SEC approves creation of a separate CSE listing board and listing rules for SOEs

September 13, 2023 3 min read

Only 25-pct of Sri Lanka state agencies make satisfactory disclosure under RTI: survey

Public authorities made ‘moderately satisfactory’ disclosures on their websites under RTI.

September 5, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka can't reduce water charges, economical usage encouraged: State minister

Sri Lanka has increased water charges to record high level in line with IMF conditions

September 1, 2023 2 min read
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Sri Lanka's next Aswesuma scheme could face delay-minister

Aswesma scheme received an overwhelming number of applications

August 5, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka Telecom on rating upgrade track on planned stake sale: Fitch

"Fitch will resolve the RWP when the proposed disposal becomes practically unconditional"

March 28, 2023 7 min read
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Sri Lanka to transfer 1-pct of 2023 current spending of all ministries to health

The Health Minister said he needs an additional 10 billion rupees to purchase medicine in 2023

January 17, 2023 1 min read