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Hambantota to be major investment zone says PM

Hambantota will be a major investment zone, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said today while attending a ceremony to lay the foundation stone for an oil refinery and a cement factory at the Mirijjawila Export Processing Zone. The Prime Minister said that several “white elephant” projects in Hambantota, including the Hambantota port, have been converted into profit making ventures. He said that within the next three months the loss making Mattala Airport in Hambantota will also be converted

24 Mar, 2019

SLPP insists no rift in Rajapaksa family over Presidential candidate

The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) today insisted that there was no rift in the family of Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa over the nomination of the Presidential candidate of the SLPP. SLPP member and Joint Opposition Parliamentarian Dullas Alahapperuma told reporters today that there was no final decision on the SLPP’s nomination for President at the next elections. He said that only the media had reported that former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa was the Presidential nominee o

25 Mar, 2019

CEB releases full schedule for power cuts

The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) today released the full schedule for power cuts in the country with effect from today. In a statement, the Ceylon Electricity Board said that it is always making every effort to provide quality, reliable and uninterruptible electricity supply throughout the Island. However due to present dry weather experienced in the country, energy demand has increased. The present electricity generation is mainly produced from all available Thermal Power Stations and Hydr

25 Mar, 2019