President brings CB under Finance Ministry purview
In a major and contentious move, the President Maithripala Sirisena, issuing an Extraordinary Gazette notification last evening, removed the Central B...
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JO alleges MPs offered Rs. 100 mn each to vote against no-faith motion
Members of parliament have been offered as much as Rs. 100 mn each to oppose the no-confidence motion (NCM) moved against Prime Minister and UNP leade...
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Government to create three BOI zones
The government will speed up creating three new Board of Investment (BOI) zones at Bingiriya, Mawathagama, Milleniya and Charlimount (Matara). A budg...
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Development Finance Bank to be established – Prime Minister
Government in talks with private sector regarding amendments to Inland Revenue Act Prime Minister proposes Sri Lanka join Regional Comprehensi...
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Hakeem warns of divorce ‘Difficult to continue political marriage with UNP’
With Joint Opposition members being busy, mustering support from all parties to win the no-confidence motion moved against Prime Minister Ranil Wickre...
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President abolishes PM-led Economic Committee
The Cabinet of Ministers last week approved the Cabinet Paper on the abolition of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Management (CCEM) under Prime Mini...
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No Minister involved in Kandy incidents - Rajitha
FIVE SLPP MEMBERS AMONG 314 ARRESTED: As investigations into the riots in Kandy continue, co-cabinet spokesperson Minister Rajitha Senaratne stron...
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Rajapaksa occupies Opposition Leader’s seat
Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa sat on the seat reserved for the Opposition Leader of Parliament by mistake yesterday.Former President Rajapaksa’...
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Senior Cabinet Ministers urge President,PM to work together
Several high ranking Cabinet Ministers urged the President and Prime Minister to work together and iron out their differences if any for the bettermen...
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Policy blunder causes govt Rs 3 bn tobacco revenue
The tax revenue from Tobacco to the government coffers have dropped by Rs 3 billion and this is expect to continue, said Founder Research Intelligence...
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Japan- Sri Lanka Investment Forum under President’s patronage
An Investment Forum was held at the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo, today (13) under the patronage of President Maithripala Sirisena to take Sri Lanka- Jap...
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Measures to lift Social media ban - President
Measures will be taken to lift the temporary ban imposed on several social media including Viber and WhatsApp soon, President Maithripala Sirisena sai...
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Unblocking social media President to decide today
President Maithripala Sirisena will take a decision today on whether to unblock Social Media, official sources from the Presidential Secretariat told ...
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SF denounces appointment of new Law and Order Minister
Regional Development Minister Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka today said he was against the appointment of Minister Ranjith Madduma Bandara as the new La...
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Religious leaders play pivotal role in maintaining peace and harmony- President
President Maithripala Sirisena yesterday requested religious leaders of all faiths to play a pivotal role in maintaining peace and harmony among all c...
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UN political chief to visit Sri Lanka
- AFP UN political chief Jeffrey Feltman will visit Sri Lanka this week, the UN spokesman said Tuesday, after anti-Muslim riots prompted the governm...
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Not a political conspiracy, shows UNP’s inaction: MR
Former President and MP Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday rejected the reports of Digana violence stemming from a political conspiracy and said the incident...
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SAITM needs a political solution: GMOA
The SAITM controversy was a result of arbitrary political decisions therefore it can be resolved only through a political solution, the Government Med...
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Why wasn’t Sarath Fonseka appointed law and order minister ?
The latest Cabinet reshuffle was a disappointment. Even some UNP parliamentarians have gone on record calling it a ‘joke’, others mutter the same ...
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Minister Arjuna’s Natural Gas Company plan ‘goes for a six’.
An ambitious plan to establish the Sri Lanka Natural Gas Company (SLNGC) Ltd under the Petroleum Resources Development Ministry to handle operations o...
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World’s first woman Prime Minister
History is full of examples of the disastrous consequences that came upon such nations that changed their constitutions by giving one man too much pow...
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First draft of National Sustainability Dialogue presented to President
The first draft of National Sustainability Dialogue was presented to President Maithripala Sirisena today (Feb 20) at the Presidential secretariat. Th...
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Minister requests private hospitals, SJH to Provide free treatment to organ donors
Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine Minister Dr. Rajitha Senaratne yesterday requested the Managements of Private hospitals and the Sri Jayaward...
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