JO alleges MPs offered Rs. 100 mn each to vote against no-faith motion

2018-03-28   |   Politics

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

2018-03-27   |   Politics

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

2018-03-27   |   Politics

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’

2018-03-26   |   Politics

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

2018-03-26   |   Politics

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

2018-03-22   |   Politics

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

2018-03-22   |   Politics

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

2018-03-21   |   Politics

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

2018-03-21   |   Politics

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

2018-03-14   |   Politics

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

2018-03-14   |   Politics

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

2018-03-13   |   Politics

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

2018-03-09   |   Politics

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

2018-03-08   |   Politics

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

2018-03-08   |   Politics

- 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

2018-03-07   |   Politics

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

2018-02-28   |   Politics

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 ?

2018-02-27   |   Politics

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’.

2018-02-26   |   Politics

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

2018-02-22   |   Politics

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

2018-02-21   |   Politics

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

2018-02-19   |   Politics

Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine Minister Dr. Rajitha Senaratne yesterday requested the Managements of Private hospitals and the Sri Jayaward...

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UNP vows to protect President won’t let JO, own him

2018-02-19   |   Politics

The United National Party (UNP) MPs yesterday (18) said that they would protect President Maithripala Sirisena and prevent the Joint Opposition from o...

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JO meets President ; SLFP meets former President

2018-02-16   |   Politics

Party leaders from the Joint Opposition (JO) are now at a meeting with President Maithripala Sirisena at the President’s Official residence, it is r...

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Seeking dissolution of Parliament TU leaders threaten strikes

2018-02-15   |   Politics

Sri Lanka's trade union leaders yesterday (14), threatened to stage crippling countrywide strikes if the Government does not dissolve Parliament immed...

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