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The Cabinet of Ministers has granted approval to the ‘Sapiri Gamak’ (prosperous village) rural development project.
Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena told Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis that due process has been adhered to at each step, in keeping with international norms respected by both countries regarding the investigations into the Sri Lankan employee of the Swiss Mission.
All recruitment which have not been made due to presidential elections have been suspended until further notice after reviewing recruitment procedures.
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday clarified that he does not intend to revise the Hambantota Port agreement with the Chinese company, as it was a commercial agreement, but opined the security structure of the port may need to be changed to be in line with other ports in Sri Lanka.
ජනාධිපති කාර්යාලයේ දෛනික සාකච්ඡා සහ විවිධ හමුවීම්වලදී ඊට සහභාගිවන්නන්ගේ පරිභෝජනය සඳහා ප්ලාස්ටික් පානීය ජල බෝතල් ලබාදීම දීර්ඝ කාලීනව සිදුකර තිබේ.
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said yesterday Parliament will be dissolved after 3 March 2020, and will go for the General Election.
The government informed the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that it would not proceed with the privatisation of state institution and assests, Prime Minister's economic affairs adviser Ajith Nivard Cabraal said yesterday.
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.
ශ්‍රී ලංකා ආයෝජන මණ්ඩලය කිසිදු අමාත්‍යාංශයකට පවරා නැත්තේ ආයෝජකයින්ට සෘජුවම රටේ විධායක ජනාධිපතිවරයා සහ අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා හමුවී සාකච්ඡා කිරීමට අවශ්‍ය වී ඇති නිසා බව ආයෝජන ප්‍රවර්ධන රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය කෙහෙළිය රඹුක්වැල්ල මහතා පවසයි.
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
පාස්කු ඉරිදා ත‍්‍රස්ත ප්රහාරය සම්බන්ධයෙන් විමර්ශන සිදුකරන ජනාධිපති කොමිෂන් සභාවේ අතුරු වාර්තාව ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මහතා වෙත අද (19) භාරදීමට නියමිතයි. හිටපු ජනාධිපති මෛතී‍්‍රපාල සිරිසේන මහතා විසින් ඉකුත් සැප්තැම්බර් 22 වැනිදා මෙම කොමිෂන් සභාව පත් කළා.
The Government will shortly respond to the statement issued on Monday by Swiss government regarding the Swiss embassy staffer’s incident, Foreign Ministry sources told the Daily News 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.
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa made a sudden inspection tour of the Narahenpita Special Economic Centre last night.
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.
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