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By Shamindra Ferdinando Labour and Foreign Employment Ministry Secretary, R.P.A. Wimalaweera, who is also the Chief Accounting Officer of the Ministry, has been asked to appear before the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) today (18) to explain the failure on his part to address concerns raised by the parliamentary watchdog, late last year. At a […]
At least 80 houses were destroyed due to a fire that broke out in a highly congested area in Colombo on Tuesday (27) night. Around 220 people had been displaced, the police said. The fire broke out at Kajeemawatte in Thotalanga at around 8 pm on Tuesday and it took firefighters several hours to bring […]
The Parliamentary Select Committee to ensure gender equality has decided to propose amendments to the Children and Young Persons Ordinance to consider all those below 18 years as children. The PSC presided by its Chairperson Dr. Sudarshini Fernandopulle that met in the Parliamentary Complex last week also decided to replace the reference ‘young persons’ in […]
Treasury forced to bear responsibility for Rs 2 bn in loans By Shamindra Ferdinando State Finance Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya has said that the State Banks weren’t in a position to release funds to the Paddy Marketing Board (PMB) as the enterprise owed them a staggering sum, running to over Rs 20 bn. Due to the […]
The Republic of Korea (RoK) has, through the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), provided a grant worth USD 6 mn to Sri Lanka to help communities affected by Covid-19 in the Central and Uva Provinces, KOICA said yesterday. According to KOICA, about 64,000 would directly benefit from this project whereas there would be about 900,000 […]