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Only the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) can solve the issues faced by the people, opposition leader Sajith Premadasa said yesterday addressing a rally at Gelioya. The current administration can’t provide people with their basic needs, he said. The Opposition Leader said: “The government can only increase taxes and tariffs. People are suffering while the government […]

Reforms to be introduced to end ‘media abuses’ President Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday said that the government was not in a position to lower the taxes. Delivering his second government policy statement to inaugurate the Fourth session of the Ninth Parliament, the President said: “Some people say that the primary taxable income should be raised from […]

Sri Lanka has recently engaged with the American Clean Energy Solutions Inc. of Ontario, Canada to develop a 100 Megawatts solar power project on SLBC land at Nilaweli, Trincomalee, official sources said. This project is in line with the Government policy directive and vision of achieving 70% of electricity generation from renewable energy resources by […]

By Rathindra Kuruwita Medical professionals had taken steps to ensure that patients’ lives were not threatened during their 24-hour token strike yesterday, Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) Secretary Dr. Haritha Aluthge said. Dr. Aluthge said the strike was a success. “While those who are working in emergency services and other specialized sectors were on duty, […]

Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena has urged Indian companies to invest further in Sri Lanka. Outlining the benefits of Indian investments in Sri Lanka, the Prime Minister highlighted that 90% of components, used by Lanka Ashok Leyland, were indigenous. The Premier said so at the Tata Tiscon Dealer Convention 2023 on Tuesday (07) in Colombo, He […]

By Rathindra Kuruwita The Gotabaya Rajapaksa government had encouraged doctors to take loans at eight percent interest two years back, and after the interest rate doubled, most doctors were unable to make ends meet, Dr. Rukshan Bellana, President of the Government Medical Officers’ Forum (GMOF) said yesterday. Increasing interest rates by 200 percent while increasing […]

The Election Commission (EC) has taken up alleged misuse by Local Government bodies of public funds in the run-up to the LG polls with the Ministry of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government. Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena, who is also the leader of the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna (MEP), serves as Public Administration, […]

A progress review discussion on the data census work of the Welfare Benefits Board was held at the President’s Office under the patronage of the Senior Advisor to the President on National Security, Sagala Ratnayake this morning (09). The aim of the meeting was to identify those affected by the current economic crisis and those […]