Government accused of suppressing voices of MPs

Vaiko slams Sri Lanka for dropping Thondaman?s name from firms

India’s MDMK General Secretary?Vaiko?condemned the Sri Lankan Government for changing the names of Government-owned establishments that were named after Tamil-origin Sri Lankan politician and trade unionist?Saumyamurthy Thondaman, the Times of India reported. A Government vocational training centre, a cultural complex and a stadium were named after Tondaman, who was one of the senior-most politicians. Tondaman had been cabinet member for 21 continuous years. The Maithripala Sirisena government

09 Nov, 2017

Finance Minister announces pre-budget bonanza

Finance and Mass Media Minister Mangala Samaraweera today announced a pre-budget bonanza where the levy imposed on several essential food items had been reduced from midnight, today. The Minister said that a majority of the consumers will benefit from the reduction of prices. Accordingly the levy imposed on the following food commodities will reduced:           Item Prevailing Duty Rate (Rs. Per kilo) New Duty Rate (Rs. Per kilo) Duty Reduction by (Rs. Per kilo) Sprats

08 Nov, 2017

Distribution of fuel resumes with petrol on ship being cleared

The distribution of fuel resumed today with the petrol on a ship which arrived in Colombo being cleared. An oil tanker arrived in Sri Lanka last evening with 40,000 MT of petrol. The?oil tanker ?Neveska Lady? arrived from the UAE and the fuel was tested today and cleared. (Colombo Gazette)

09 Nov, 2017