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China-Sri Lanka debt restructuring talks optimistic!

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President Ranil Wickremesinghe said that he recently held discussions with the Chinese Finance Minister on Sri Lanka’s debt restructuring and that he is optimistic that these discussions would be concluded successfully.

President Wickremesinghe made these remarks following an observation tour of the cultivated lands in Rathumada-Weerakandawala area in Siyambalanduwa Divisional Secretariat last morning (16).

The President said that the delegation headed by the State Minister of Finance, who is currently in Washington DC, held initial discussions on Saturday (15) with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Sri Lanka’s three main lenders China, India and Japan. He said that the government is giving priority to immediately solve the issue of the country’s bankruptcy and to ensure food security.

The President also discussed the progress of the implementation of the food security programme in Monaragala District with government officials.

He said that there is no issue with having debates and recalled the statements made by some people that they would come forward and shed blood. He said that one should live before shedding blood.

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Gota’s national schools project, scrapped

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The government has decided to abolish the project launched under former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to upgrade 671 provincial schools as national schools.

Under the project, each school was allocated Rs.02 million – totaling over Rs.1340 million – for emergency renovations and new national school name boards, with some costing over Rs.500,000.

Schools have now been instructed to remove these boards, along with the “National School” title, official seals, and letterheads, and revert to their previous identities.

The initiative aimed to increase the number of national schools to 329,000, but only 05 schools in the Western Province were converted.

Professor Kapila Perera, Secretary of the Ministry of Education at that time, now serves as Secretary to the Ministry of Transport and Highways.

(Source: Aruna)

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Gazette issued on 2026 Public & Bank Holidays

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The Government of Sri Lanka has officially declared the list of Public and Bank Holidays for the year 2026, through an Extraordinary Gazette issued on Tuesday, May 27, 2025.

The gazette issued is as follows : 

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Postal strike ends

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The Union of Postal and Telecommunications Officers says postal services will operate as usual today (May 31).

Secretary Manjula Jayasundara stated that striking union members returned to work from yesterday (May 30) afternoon, and distribution of over 2,000 delayed mail bags has begun.

This strike, launched over 10 demands including delays in recruitment, has reportedly drawn the attention of the relevant authorities.

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