The 15 per cent special interest to senior citizens as announced in last month’s budget on Tuesday was cleared for take-off by the Finance Ministry and will now be implemented by commercial banks, officials said.
The enforcement of this new rate had been held up by delays in the Finance Ministry issuing instructions to the Central Bank to direct banks to enforce the new rate.
Tamar Amitai, a 25-year-old Israeli tourist who went missing in Uppuveli, Trincomalee, was found safe after a three-day joint search operation today.
The Colombo High Court today (28) sentenced former parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra to three years of Rigorous Imprisonment over charges of the involvement of an abduction.
In his special statement, President Ranil Wickremesinghe announced that debt restructuring agreements will postpone all bilateral loan payments to foreign countries until 2028. Additionally, Sri Lanka will have until 2043 to repay these loans on concessional terms.
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