Wednesday, 24 May 2023 00:05 - - 43 Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera said yesterday that the final draft of the new Electricity Act will be submitted before the Cabinet in June. He also said the final blueprint will be submitted to the Attorney General’s Department and the legal draftsman next week. The Ceylon Electricity
Wednesday, 24 May 2023 00:45 - - 65 Reveals overall macroeconomic and policy environment remains challenging following conclusion of Staff review mission Discusses additional fiscal efforts critical to ensure successful revenue mobilisation Stresses timely debt restructuring essential to restoring debt sustainability Insists keeping up the reform momentum, timely implementation of program commitments key for SL
Wednesday, 24 May 2023 00:50 - - 89 SJB Parliamentarian Dr. Harsha de Silva Tells Parliament financial security of EPF contributing workforce must be safeguarded in any domestic debt optimisation Reassures public that EPF is not facing immediate trouble but reveals negative 47% real return to EPF in 2022 has severely eroded value of the
Wednesday, 24 May 2023 00:38 - - 24 PUCSL Chairman Janaka Ratnayake A majority of the opposition parties in Parliament have announced they would oppose the Government’s motion to oust the Chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) Janaka Ratnayake, at the crucial vote in Parliament today. Taking the lead, the main opposition
Wednesday, 24 May 2023 00:10 - - 61 Customs showcase the goods smuggled by MP Ali Sabri Raheem SJB’s Harshana Rajakaruna says incident contributes to the negative perception of all 225 MPs Asks Govt. to allow independent probe to ensure all MPs are not tarnished by the case Former President Maithriapala Sirisena agrees and calls
Wednesday, 24 May 2023 00:05 - - 34 Says Govt. has commenced a program to initiate a complete overhaul of state enterprises Accuses Govt. of failing to inform public of their plans and be transparent about them Warns those involved in process they will be held responsible in future for any corruption that occurs FPC
Wednesday, 24 May 2023 00:25 - - 399 Hill Country Tamils today are a unique ethnic community. It has now grown beyond the old “Plantation worker” President Ranil Wickremesinghe has commenced a series of discussions with Parliamentarians from the Northern and Eastern Provinces of Sri Lanka with the objective of resolving the Tamil national question.
FacebookTwitterWhatsAppShare By Tisaranee Gunasekara – “Not only our actions, but also our inactions, become our destiny.” ~ Heinrich Zimmer (The King and the Corpse) This week marked the 14th anniversary of the ending of the long Eelam War. This week also saw the re-emergence of BBS head-honcho Galgoda-Atte Gnanasara to save the nation from that enterprising entrepreneur-of-cloth, Pastor Jerome Fernando. Much verbal
FacebookTwitterWhatsAppShare By Rajan Philips – Rajan Philips There have been three different elections in as many countries over the last two weeks: Karnataka State Assembly elections in India, presidential and parliamentary elections in Turkey, and parliamentary elections in Thailand. In Karnataka, the nationally triumphant BJP suffered a significant state defeat, and the nationally struggling Congress Party registered an
Wednesday, 24 May 2023 00:00 - - 13 The general public sees the ATA bill not as an instrument for the well-being or, to protect the citizens against terrorists but, clearly, as an extension to consolidate power, facilitate repression and provide legality to political machinations The protection of rights and violation of rights are