Category : Sri Lanka

The Sri Lankan Cabinet of Ministers has approved a proposal by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to amend five Acts, aiming to increase the government’s tax revenue to pre-2019 December levels, in a nearly total reversal of the controversial tax amendments made under President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and then Finance Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa. “Minister of Finance, Economic […]Read More

In a letter to Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, the main Parliamentary Opposition, the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB), expressed its support to repealing the 20th amendment to the Constitution and presented five key proposals to the 21st amendment to the Constitution draft Bill put forward by the government. “As we informed you at the […]Read More

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe plans to introduce a new committee system to strengthen Parliament’s financial powers, as well as a National Committee to make the President and Prime Minister answerable to Parliament. He made this announcement during a special statement on the 21st amendment to the Constitution and proposed political reforms. He said […]Read More

NEW DELHI: The proposed 21st amendment to the Sri Lankan Constitution, which aims at curbing the unbridled powers of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and was presented before the Cabinet earlier this week, will be distributed among party leaders for their observations, after which it will be sent back to the Cabinet for final approval. The 21st […]Read More