Category: Local News

Tax concessions for small and medium scale businesses, and targeted subsidies to selected groups are among highlights of next month’s budget proposals.

Ven. Elle Gunawansa Thera yesterday asked the government not to deceive the people with regard to the Steering Committee (SC) report and urged the MPs to avoid supporting it when presented in Parliament.

Department of Registration of Persons will issue new Smart Identity Cards with modern technology from today (27th Oct.).

Foreign Affairs Deputy Minister Harsha De Silva repeatedly criticised the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) for what he called an abdication of its duty.

Sri Lanka Cricket wishes to deny the alleged involvement of any official or employee of SLC in the purported incident of harassment of a female journalist in Abu Dhabi during the ongoing Sri Lanka Vs. Pakistan series.

The United National Party (UNP) is actually promoting the agenda of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) through the proposed new Constitution. That is why Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe wants it passed in a hurry, United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) MP Vasudeva Nanayakkara alleged.

The government said yesterday that the Tamil people had issues which needed to be resolved and it would be addressed within a united country.

Sri Lanka is preparing legislation with tax incentives to attract investment into a big property development near Colombo port that includes a $1.4 billion Chinese-backed real estate project, a government minister said on Wednesday.

President Maithripala Sirisena arrived at Hamad International Airport in Doha today (25) on a two day state visit on the invitation of the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.

The government will give its final verdict on the Medical Faculty of the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine today (25).

Sri Lanka is looking at introducing a pricing formula for both electricity and fuel soon, Central Bank Governor, Dr. Indrajit Coomaraswamy said.

All sects of Buddhism including the Asgiriya and the Malwathu chapters were objecting to introduce a new constitution to Sri Lanka, Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa said yesterday.

Long delays in Sri Lanka’s post-war reconciliation is not without cost, and its government should implement measures to resolve outstanding issues, the United Nations said on Monday.

A shootout took place between the Police Special Task Force and a criminal gang in Henpitigedara, Diwulapitiya.

The Ministry of Industry and Commerce has decided to immediately import 200,000 metric tons of rice.

Doctors from several countries including Sri Lanka are working for the ISIS healthcare service, claims a suspected Indian doctor working for the ISIS and recruiting youths for the terror group.