COPE instructs Foreign Employment Bureau to fund repatriation of migrant workers
Sri Lanka’s Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) has instructed the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) to look into the possibility of funding...
Rice prices to remain below Rs. 100 for next 3 years, assures Trade Minister
Rice prices will not be increased for the next three years, assured Trade Minister, Bandula Gunawardena.
Speaking to reporters, the Minister said from February 2021...
State Minister to promote freshwater fish farming in Anuradhapura district
State Minister of Solar Power, Wind and Hydro Power Generation Projects Development, Duminda Dissanayake said he intends to develop fish breeding centers in the...
Banded together only to protect Port’s ECT, states Workers’ Association
No force will be allowed to use the battle ground to protect the East Container Terminal of the Colombo Port to overthrow the Government,...
Sri Lanka to receive first batch of Covid-19 vaccines on Jan. 27, says President
The first batch of Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines manufactured in India is expected to arrive in Sri Lanka on the 27th of January 27, says...
Government and Central Bank to explore avenues
The Government and the Central Bank will continue to explore avenues to increase financial flows to the country that will boost the level of...
Government to invest Rs. 1.9 billion on rubber industry
The State Ministry of Company Estate Reforms plans to increase the rubber harvest in 2021 by 45 million kilograms and expects an income of...
Donation of Rs. 12M medical equipment to Colombo National Hospital
Professor Channa Jayasumana states the National Medicines Regulatory Authority has given permission for the first time for the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for Covid-19.
The donation of...
Arjuna Ranatunga decides to walk away from UNP politics
Former Minister Arjuna Ranatunga has decided not to actively participate in the political activities of the United National Party in the future.
Mr. Ranatunga had...
මෙරටට පැමිණි බ්රිතාන්ය ධනපතියා ලංකාව ගැන තැබූ සටහන
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