Category: Local News

The government is now planning to provide tax incentives to prospective foreign direct investors and local investors to invest in the North that had been devastated by the three decade war, Deputy Minister of National Policies and Economic Affairs Dr Harsha de Silva said.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe informed Parliament yesterday that the Local Government elections would be held in January, while the Party leaders would take a decision on the fate of the Provincial Council polls.

The Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) will be replaced soon with a new counter terrorism law, Law and Order Minister Sagala Ratnayaka said in Parliament yesterday.

President Maithripala Sirisena called upon the international community to seriously consider the tremendous progress made by the government towards reconciliation, restoration of democratic freedoms

A considerable amount of data has been missing from the two mobile phones handed over by former Central Bank Governor Arjuna Mahendran to the Presidential Commission of Inquiry, probing the controversial treasury bond scam.

The main objective of the Education Ministry is to ensure a better future for children to enable them lead a happy life with their feet firmly on the ground safeguarding ourness.

The agreement on looking for missing persons is effective for the future and not the past said Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.

There are no reports of Rohingya Muslims fleeing to Sri Lanka in the wake of a mass exodus taking place in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, Foreign Affairs State Minister Wasantha Senanayake said.

President Maithripala Sirisena will leave for New York, US today (17th Sept.) to attend the 72nd General Assembly of the United Nations (UN).

Parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra has written to Health Minister Dr. Rajitha Senaratne calling for the transfer of the prison hospital doctor.

Minister of Megapolis and Western Development, Patali Champika Ranawaka stated that although the Rajapaksa Government invested Rs. 900 billion to develop Hambantota, no economic benefit was reaped by it.

A Financial Times journalist has died after he was dragged underwater by a crocodile while on holiday in Sri Lanka.

The owner of primary dealer, the Perpetual Treasuries Limited (PTL), Arjun Aloysius, has opted not to give evidence before the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (CoI), probing the alleged bond scams, involving the Central Bank of Sri Lanka and (PTL) in Feb 2015 and March 2016.

United Nations member countries at the Human Rights Council in Geneva should press Sri Lanka to promptly meet the targets of the council’s October 2015 resolution for transitional justice, Human Rights Watch said today.

The National Economic Council, appointed by President Maithripala Sirisena to take required decisions to strengthen the national economy held its first meeting yesterday (Sep. 12) at the Presidential Secretariat.

Giving a further fillip to bilateral cooperation between China and Sri Lanka, the Chinese government is planning to support Sri Lanka to be the information and telecommunication hub in the region.