Sri Lanka’s debt restructuring process is to be discussed among finance ministers and Central Bank Governors of the Group of 20 (G 20) when they meet tomorrow in Bengaluru, India, Daily Mirror learns.

Officers attached to the Revenue Supervision Division of the Sri Lanka Customs Department today seized an illegally imported contraband of cigarettes worth Rs. 487 million.

The Board of Investment (BOI) will sign an agreement with India’s Adani Group to construct a 250 Mega Watt Wind Project in Mannar and a 100 Mega Watt Wind Project in Pooneryn today evening, the Daily Mirror learns.

The latest Sri Lanka Opinion Tracker Survey (SLOTS) polling in January 2023 shows the NPP/JVP and SJB running neck-and-neck nationally in General Election voting intentions amongst likely voters at 32% and 31% each respectively. Both are well ahead of the SLPP, UNP and SLFP, but neither clears more than one-third of voters, and the difference between them is within the margin of error.

Five suspects including a female sanitary worker of the Indian visa application center at the Philip Gunawardena Mawatha in Colombo have been arrested over the theft at the visa center recently.

A 27-year-old woman was arrested by the Mathurata Police after a video showing a vehicle running over two puppies went viral on social media over the weekend.

The tea sector yesterday joined the chorus in warning about the potential consequences of failing to control the situation after a 66 percent increase in electricity prices that went into effect last week.

While refuting the claims on fresh borrowings during this year, the government yesterday stressed that the borrowings so far during the year have been limited to the roll-over of maturing Treasury bills.

German companies operating in Sri Lanka have raised the red flag with some warning they will be compelled to withdraw from the country if the import ban continues diplomatic sources said. .