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Politics LNP - Banks’ SRR under review for improved policy execution
On the heels of the Central Bank transitioning to a single policy rate from a dual policy rate structure for implementing and communicating the monetary…
Politics LNP - All five living US presidents unite at funeral of Jimmy Carter
All five living US presidents attended Jimmy Carter’s funeral at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, a rare occurrence that marks the…
Politics LNP - No objection from IMF for public sector salary hike - Deputy Minister
Deputy Minister of Labour Mahinda Jayasinghe stated that a considerable salary increase for public sector employees is scheduled to be carried out in the…
Politics LNP - CBSL’s Policy Agenda for 2025 and Beyond to be unveiled today
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) is scheduled to hold an event on the “Central Bank’s Policy Agenda for 2025 and Beyond” today (08) at 10.00 a.m. in the…
Politics LNP - ‘Clean Sri Lanka’ programme to be debated in Parliament
The Government’s ‘Clean Sri Lanka’ national initiative is to be taken up for debate in Parliament on January 21 and 22, Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya…
Politics LNP - Government aims to attract high-end tourists: Vijitha Herath
The government is aiming to increase the quality in the tourism sector just as quantity in order to attract high-end tourists to the country, Minister of…
Politics LNP - We move forward in 2025 with renewed vision and determination: President
Claiming that Sri Lanka achieved significant economic stability as a nation in 2024, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said with this progress as the…
Politics LNP - President Dissanayake offers condolences after Jimmy Carter’s death
Sri Lanka’s President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has extended his deepest condolences to the family and loved ones of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, who…
Politics LNP - President calls for unified monitoring division to tackle illegal migration and drug smuggling
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has held a discussion today (28) at the Presidential Secretariat with the heads of the Department of Immigration and…
Politics LNP - Definite salary increase for government employees by next year: Deputy Minister
There will be a definite salary increase for government sector employees, including teachers, by next year, Deputy Minister of Economic Development Anil…
Politics LNP - President AKD calls for unity and humanity in Christmas message
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, in his Christmas Day message, has urged the nation to transcend divisions and embrace the core values of unity, peace, and…
Politics LNP - “I will be going to China mid next month”; President
AFP - President Anura Kumara Dissanayake will travel to the island’s largest bilateral lender China for talks in January, he said on Saturday, days after…
Politics LNP - Government hoping to update FTA with India: Vijitha
The government is hoping to initiate discussions with India to update the Free Trade Agreement between India and Sri Lanka, which was signed several decades…
Politics LNP - Government decides to further ease capital controls
The government has decided to further ease certain restrictions imposed on outward remittances for a six month-period until June next year based on…
Politics LNP - SLC reduces voting members from 147 to 60 ahead of 2025 elections
Ahead of the 2025 Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) elections, SLC said that its membership at an extraordinary general meeting has decided to reduce the number of…
Politics LNP - Govt to raise PAYE tax threshold to Rs. 150,000 – President
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake says that the government was able to reach an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to increase the Pay As…
Politics LNP - Only ministers, MPs have benefited most from President’s Fund: Govt.
By Yohan Perera and Ajith Siriwardana Former Ministers and MPs have disproportionately benefited from the President's Fund, receiving financial assistance for…
Politics LNP - Plan to relocate President’s House, Temple Trees to Sri J’pura Kotte put on hold
*Land meant for President’s House near P’ment to be developed as Bird Park The new government led by the National People's Power (NPP) has put on hold plans by…
Politics LNP - Will table educational qualifications in Parliament tomorrow: Sajith
Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa said he will table all his education qualifications in the House tomorrow. Premadasa was referring to a question…
Politics LNP - Tri-forces security for ex-Presidents to be withdrawn from next week
The tri-forces personnel assigned to provide security to former presidents will be withdrawn from next week and only police security will continue to be…
Politics LNP - New Speaker of Parliament to be elected tomorrow
The appointment of a new Speaker of Sri Lanka’s Parliament to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of MP Asoka Ranwala will take place tomorrow (Dec.…
Politics LNP - President Dissanayake to visit India on Sunday
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake will undertake a state visit to India from 15 to 17 December 2024 at the invitation of the President of India, Smt. Droupadi…
Politics LNP - ‘Offenders will face consequences, regardless of rank or status’ – President AKD
“We will not allow the trust the people have placed in us to be undermined in any way,” stated President Anura Kumara Dissanayake during a meeting with the…
Politics LNP - Security details of former Presidents reduced
Security details of former Presidents have been withdrawn after reviewing reports on the security threats they face, police said. Accordingly security detail…