Ministerial Consultative Committee agree to the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (Amendment) Bill
The Ministerial Consultative Committee on Mass Media approved to present the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (Amendment) Bill to Parliament for its Second Reading yesterday...
SL targeting US$32bn inflows and US$27bn outflows to repay debt
Sri Lanka is expecting 32 billion US dollars in inflows from exports of goods and services and financial inflows and outflows of 27.6 billion...
Hosni Mubarak: Air Chief Marshal and Commander of the Egyptian Air Force (1972-1975) and...
Compiled by: Gp Capt Kumar Kirinde, SLAF (Retd)
Introduction
Muhammad Hosni El Sayed Mubarak (4 May 1928 – 25 February 2020) was an Egyptian military and political...
Sustainable Development Goals can guide Asia-Pacific to build back better
Statement by Ms. Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, United Nations-Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific (ESCAP):
The COVID-19...
United Nations Assistant Secretary-General pays courtesy call on Hon. Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena
Ms. Kanni Wignaraja, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General and Assistant Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Regional Director of UNDP’s Regional...
Finance Ministry to proactively get involved to look into tax reductions- Committee on...
Committee on Public Finance said in a press release that Finance Ministry should proactively get involved to look into whether the tax reductions on...
Nearly five hundred persons representing youth and school children present at the budget presentation.
Mr. Narendra Fernando, Serjeant-at-Arms said that nearly five hundred persons representing youth and school children came to Parliament today (14) to listen...
Bring in laws to immediately ban use of domestic child labour, states SJB
Samagi Jana Balawewa – SJB, the main opposition, calls on the government to bring in legislation to ban the domestic child labour in the...
Rs. 650 billion allocated to develop rural villages, says Treasury Secretary
This year’s budget has allocated Rs. 650 billion for the benefit of around 19 million people while developing the rural areas, says Treasury Secretary,...
Oxygen units donated by United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)
The UNOPS (United Nations Office for Project Services) handed over the first batch of 40 essential High-flow Oxygen machines and 100 Syringe Pumps for...
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Ceylon Chamber Welcomes National Digital Economy Strategy
The Ceylon Chamber recognizes the Digital Economy as a key enabler for Sri Lanka’s economic growth acceleration. The National Digital Economy Strategy...
The new High Commissioner of Pakistan to Sri Lanka calls on the Speaker
The new High Commissioner of Pakistan to Sri Lanka, retired Major General Faheem Ul Aziz, called on the Speaker Hon. Mahinda Yapa...
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