Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday stated that in future he will provide necessary constitutional protection to ensure that any public officials who has served the people in good faith will not be punished. The Prime Minister was speaking at an awareness programme for public officers about the national programme Gama Samaga Pilisandara -Weda Samaga Yali Gamata at
The Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) will publicise all institutions which deliberately avoid paying compulsory taxes and levies on a large scale. The COPA during its meeting on Wednesday decided to submit a list of such institutions and expose them through the media, Parliament’s Communication division in a communiqué said.
The end of the Gulf dispute is a win for the region, Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister told CNBC after announcing that relations between Qatar and four Arab countries have been fully restored. Leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council and Egypt on Tuesday signed an agreement that aims to strengthen unity and cohesion. The deal came more than three years after Saudi Arabia, the
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has appointed a 18-member Deregulation Commission for the simplification of the existing Laws and Regulations in the interest of the people. The Commission is co-chaired by former Secretary to the President and Principal Advisor to the President Lalith Weeratunga and John Keells Group Chairman Krishan Balendra.
Dr. Scott Gottlieb warned that vaccinating against Covid is more critical than ever, especially as the new South Africa variant appears to inhibit antibody drugs.