Sep 30 (EN) SL’s inflation in Colombo accelerated to 69.8% in Sept 2022 from 64.3% a month earlier, data from the state statistics office showed amid the worst currency crisis in the history of the island’s intermediate regime central bank. The widely watched Colombo Consumer Price Index rose 3.8% to 244.7 points in the month. The food sub-index rose 0.9% to 323.3 points. Food prices were up 94.9% in the last 12 months. more..

Sep 30 (TM) The Public Health Inspectors’ (PHI) Union of SL warned of taking continued trade union (TU) action if the Ministry of Health takes action against its President M.G. Upul Rohana related to his claim regarding Thriposha (three nutrients) – which is a locally produced supplementary food product that is provided free of charge to pregnant and breastfeeding females and infants – where he charged that such contains aflatoxins (a family of toxins produced by certain fungi that more..

Sep 30 (AD) Prez Ranil Wickremesinghe has proposed the establishment of an International University on Climate Change in SL in order to enable students from any country in the world to engage in educational activities. He made this remark during his meeting with the President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Masatsugu Asakawa at the ADB Headquarters in Manila, this morning. Prez Wickremesinghe, who expressed his gratitude to the President of the ADB more..

Sep 30 (EN) SL’s latest currency collapse is driving girls in to the sex trade in a phenomenon which was difficult to imagine, given their family backgrounds, ex-Prez Maithripala Sirisena said as inflation topped 70% after two years of money printing to keep rates down. Due to current economic conditions social problems were worsening, he said. “Girl children (gahanu daruwan) from unimaginable (hithun-ner-wuth beri) more..

Sep 30 (AD) Four passengers have been arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) on suspicion of trying to smuggle in a stock of gold into the country this morning (30). The contraband, weighing 08 kilograms and 500 grams and worth around Rs. 170 million, was seized by the officials of the Narcotics Control Unit of Sri Lanka Customs. The arrested suspects had arrived at the BIA on a flight belonging to Oman Air from Muscat City in Oman at around 7.40 this morning. more..

Sep 30 (DM) Another consignment of medical aid worth USD 2.74 million donated by Hope Worldwide, an American humanitarian donor organization, and is due in Sri Lanka in the first week of October, the Embassy of Sri Lanka to the US said. The Embassy of Sri Lanka to the US, working in collaboration with renowned American humanitarian donor organizations, has achieved a significant milestone in provision of free medicines and medical supplies to SL from July to October 2022. more..