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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.

එක්සත් රාජධානියේ මහ මැතිවරණයෙන් ජයගත් එරට අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය බොරිස් ජොන්සන් මහතාට සහ කොන්සර්වටීව් පක්ෂයට ශ්‍රී ලංකා ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මහතා ශුභාශිංසන එක් කර තිබෙනවා.

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 Sectoral Oversight Committee on Education and Human Resources Development has recommended that a song aired from January 1 next year to 2022 should pay a royalty of Rs.30 while songs being telecast on TV should pay Rs.100.

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.

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday stated that Sri Lanka has a responsibility to tackle the fallout from the Easter Sunday attacks responsibly or risk it affecting the stability of the South Asian region. Addressing the graduation ceremony of the Defence Services Command and Staff College (DSCSC) yesterday as Chief Guest, the Prime Minister highlighted the need for an intelligence-led counter terrorism campaign to face the new threat to ensure State and regional security.

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.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has instructed the Power and Energy Ministry to look into attracting foreign investment to fast-track long-delayed projects and follow proper procurement procedures, a statement from the President’s Media said yesterday.

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.

Attorney General Dappula de Livera has informed the Supreme Court that the government has decided not to sign Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) and Acquisition and Cross Servicing Agreement (ACSA) as they are to be revisited and reviewed.

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

Sri Lanka’s key State agencies will be made more efficient and effective with the introduction of several web based computer programs.

The Government is mulling towards moving out its offices from private buildings onto State-owned buildings.