Committee on Public Finance calls for an investigative report on sugar tax revision
Chairman of the Committee on Public Finance, Anura Priyadarshana Yapa, instructed the Ministry of Finance officials to submit an impartial and investigative report to...
Foreign Minister seeks more employment opportunities in Korea
Foreign Minister Gunawardena, while appreciating the Republic of Korea’s partnership in providing employment opportunities for Sri Lankan nationals in the Republic of Korea, further...
Fund Donation for Korea-Sri Lanka Friendship Hospital in Matara
The Ministry of Health, (MOH) of Sri Lanka together with the Government of the Republic of Korea through the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA)...
Sri Lanka GDP to grow 3.3 per cent in 2021: World Bank
Sri Lanka’s economic growth is expected to recover to 3.3 per cent in 2021, and 2.2 per cent in 2022 after contracting 6.7 per...
President requests Ministers, MPs and officials to fulfill promises made to people
By cultivating what can be grown in the country, the money going to the farmers abroad will be diverted to the hands of our...
No decision to hand over East Container Terminal (ECT) to foreign company, says PM
No decision had been made to hand over the East Container Terminal (ECT) of the Colombo Port or part of it to a foreign...
UNDP Human Development Report presented to Foreign Minister
UNDP Resident Coordinator, Robert Jukham presented a copy of the UNDP Human Development Report 2020 to Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena on January 5, 2021...
SL given priority in Indian COVID vaccine, says Indian External Affairs Minister
India will give priority to Sri Lanka when exporting its COVID-19 vaccine, said Indian External Affairs Minister, Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar yesterday, January 6, when...
Prime Minister opens refurbished Public Relations Unit
The refurbished Prime Minister’s Public Relations Unit in the R. A. De Mel Mawatha, Kollupitiya was opened by Prime Minister, Mahinda Rajapaksa on Monday,...
Defense Secretary denies acquisition of state sector institutions by military
Defense Secretary General (Retd) Kamal Gunaratne said the driving license printing project taken over by the Army was a temporary measure following a cabinet...