Special unit to be established in the prison system

Sampanthan seeks review of housing project in North, East

The Leader of Opposition in Sri Lanka Parliament and Tamil National Alliance (TNA) chief ?R Sampanthan?has?demanded a review of?the government?s proposed project of building 65,000 houses in the Northern and Eastern provinces for people hit by the civil war, The Hindu newspaper reported. In similar letters to President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, the TNA leader, who spent the last weekend in the North, criticised the project on various counts such as durability

19 Apr, 2016

Sri Lanka indicates interest in Indian Tejas combat aircraft

India’s Light Combat Aircraft Tejas, which was several years in the making, has now caught the attention of foreign buyers with Sri Lanka and Egypt evincing interest in the indigenously built fighter jet. Sri Lanka had recently rejected Pakistan’s JF-17 aircraft built with Chinese help, while Egypt had last year signed a contract for 24 French-made Rafale fighter jets. The two countries are interested in the current version of the Tejas and not the upgraded one which will be rolled out later.

19 Apr, 2016

No tax which will be a burden on the public assures President

President Maithripala Sirisena says he will not agree to imposing any tax which will be a?burden on the public. He pointed out that a section of the media had published reports stating that the Government is preparing to increase the Value?Added Tax (VAT). ?I will never allow an increase on any tax which will oppress the poor masses in the country.?If there are any economic experts who present such proposals, I am not ready to get their advice for the economic program of the country and on the

18 Apr, 2016