Political & Current Affairs
July
Finance Minister promises wide ranging economic reforms Featured
Finance and Mass Media Minister Mangala Samaraweera yesterday promised wide ranging reforms to the economy in the wake of a positive report from the IMF on the country’s economic condition this month.
July
Concession Agreement on Hambantota Port signs tomorrow Featured
The Concession Agreement on Hambantota Port with the China Merchants Port Holdings Company would be signed tomorrow (29th July), Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said today in Colombo.
July
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday (26th July) launched the “Digital Banking” at York Street People’s Bank, Colombo.
July
Locally milled rice to be released to the market soon
A huge quantity of locally milled rice that usually garners strong domestic appeal is to hit the markets immediately-perhaps as early as next week.
July
Finance Minister meets Deputy Vice President of MCC
Minister of Finance and Mass Media Mangala Samaraweera met with Deputy Vice President of the Millennium Challenge Corporation Ms. Fatema Sumar and her delegation at his office in Parliament yesterday (26th July).
July
Seventy percent salary increase for SPC staff
Salaries of the employees of the State Pharmaceuticals Corporation (SPC) will be increased by 70 percent in three phases within three years, Minister of Health Dr. Rajitha Senarathne said.
July
Due answers will be given before Commission on August 2 – Minister Karunanayake Featured
Minister of Foreign Affairs Ravi Karunanayake says that he will give proper answers to the statements made against him when he appears before the Presidential Commission probing the Central Bank Bond Issue on 2nd August.
July
Re-Fuelled Oil Bowsers Leaves Kolonnawa Oil Storage with Army Security
Army troops, together with members of sister services by mid-noon today (26th July) succeeded in releasing a fleet of fuel-filled bowsers of the Petroleum Corporation to the outside market, affected by the ongoing trade union action.
July
The Cabinet approved the proposal to lease out the Hambantota Port to the China Merchants Company (CMP), Ports and Shipping Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe said.
July
Amnesty granted for Sri Lankan migrant workers in Lebanon
The Sri Lankan government’s bilateral efforts to regularize nearly 7,000 undocumented migrant workers in Lebanon commenced recently. After nearly a year long negotiations with the Lebanon’s government, a special resolution was passed by the host country in last February to repatriate all undocumented Sri Lankan workers.
