State

The Government will allocate Rs.5 million for each Grama Niladhari Division to carry out essential development activities, Information and Communication Technology State Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardane said.

With the new government coming into power, the former Finance Ministry Secretary Dr. R.H.S. Samaratunge had been asked to leave his post and he had handed in his resignation and is planning on retiring from state sector service, it is reported.

සියලුම තරුණ තරුණියන් එකතු කොට පුරන් කුඹුරු අස්වද්දන ජාතික එකමුතු බව වෙනුවෙන් පුර්ණ අවධානය යොමු කරවීමට රජය තීරණය කර ඇති බව වාර්තාවේ.

All recruitment which have not been made due to presidential elections have been suspended until further notice after reviewing recruitment procedures.

ආනයනික තිරිඟු පිටි සඳහා කිලෝග්‍රෑමයකට මෙතෙක් පැවැති රුපියල් 36 ක ඒකාබද්ධ තීරුබද්ද ඉවත් කර ඒ වෙනුවට කිලෝග්‍රෑමයකට රුපියල් 8 ක විශේෂ වෙළෙඳ භාණ්ඩ බද්දක් හඳුන්වා දී තිබෙනවා.

The Finance Ministry has banned all ministers from recruiting minor staff for their ministries and departments under them – a practice which has helped them to provide jobs for their supporters.

ජනාධිපති කාර්යාලයේ දෛනික සාකච්ඡා සහ විවිධ හමුවීම්වලදී ඊට සහභාගිවන්නන්ගේ පරිභෝජනය සඳහා ප්ලාස්ටික් පානීය ජල බෝතල් ලබාදීම දීර්ඝ කාලීනව සිදුකර තිබේ.

ශ්‍රී ලංකන් ගුවන් සමාගමේ නව සභාපති ධූරය සඳහා අශෝක් පතිරගේ පත් කිරීමට ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මහතා පියවර ගෙන තිබෙනවා.

Sri Lanka’s revenue mobilisation has been reinforced this year enabling the Inland Revenue Department (IRD) to achieve the target of Rs.800 billion, official sources said adding that the department has already collected Rs. 750 billion upto November.

The government has finalised the selection of those to be appointed as heads of statutory boards, a highly-placed source said yesterday, adding that the appointments would be made within the next couple of days.

The Government does not intend to increase electricity tariff or public transport fares, although both the public power and transport sectors are operating at a loss, Minister of Power, Energy and Passenger Transport Management Mahinda Amaraweera said yesterday.

බ්‍රිතාන්‍ය මහමැතිවරණයෙන් ලබා ගත් විශිෂ්ඨ ජයග්‍රහණය වෙනුවෙන් එරට අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය බොරිස් ජොන්සන් වෙත අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා සිය සුබ පැතුම් පළ කර තිබෙනවා. සිය ට්විටර් ගිණුම ඔස්සේ සටහනක් තබමින් අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා ප්‍රකාශ කර ඇත්තේ බ්‍රිතාන්‍ය මහමැතිවරණයෙන් ලබාගත් ජයග්‍රහණය වෙනුවෙන් කොන්සවේටිව් පක්ෂයට ද සුබ පැතුම් එක් කරන බවයි.

Stresses devolution of power or federalism is not the answer for unity and reconciliation but all-encompassing socioeconomic development along with security
Claims all past regimes and politicians have fooled people by promising ‘impractical’ political solution to ensure dignified living for people in North whereas what they need is peace, jobs and income, good education, healthcare, etc.
Expresses confidence economy will rebound in 2020 aided by mega stimulus package
Encourages foreign and local private sector to make maximum use of incentives announced
Assures consistency in policy and support; rules out rolling back stimulus after General Election victory
Urges businesses to pass benefits of tax cuts to consumers
Wants 1.5 m-strong public sector to improve efficiency; Says attitude and mindset of public servants must change for the better
Says all have to contribute to overcome economic challenge as they did to win the war
Gets candid in first meeting with media editors

The Government has decided to provide employment to 54,000 unemployed graduates by next January. Plans in this regard have already been initiated on the instructions of the President and the Prime Minister, Industrial Exports, Investment Promotion and Civil Aviation Minister Prasanna Ranatunga disclosed yesterday.

The Government has predicted a 4-4.5% growth rate for 2020, doubling from the 2.5 % for 2019, Treasury Secretary Sajith ‘SR’ Attygalle told the Sunday Observer yesterday.

The government has been urged to actively engage in strengthening SOEs and their service delivery by compiling a comprehensive list of all SOEs and setting basic reporting procedures.

Aims 6.5% or higher GDP growth from 2020; over $ 6,500 per capita income by 2025
Unemployment rate below 4%, inflation rate below 5% and Budget deficit below 4% of GDP are other key goals
Lists 10 priorities under President Gotabaya Rajapaksa rule

The price of locally manufactured cement has been reduced as a result of the reduction of the Value Added Tax (VAT) and other taxes.