With polls on hold, UNP says Parliament must meet

Finance Minister announces big bonanza for school children

Minister of Finance Ravi Karunanayake, assuring sustained economic development in the New Year said he was delighted to announce the introduction of a bonanza for all school children from 2017. As envisaged in the Budget ? 2017 over 4.5 million school going children in the country from the age of 5 ? 19 will be provided with free health insurance policy certificate worth Rs 200,000 per annum to each and every student irrespective of the number of children in a family. Karunanayake said that Rs

31 Dec, 2016

New Bill to reclaim stolen public funds and assets

A new Bill is to be submitted to Parliament to reclaim stolen public funds, a Minister said today. Special Assignments Minister Sarath Amunugama said that while suspects are arrested for stealing state assets those assets, including public funds are never recovered. The Minister said that there is a call by some members of the opposition to protect state institutions. However he says those very people are accused of taking huge bribes to approve some deals when the former Government was in of

01 Jan, 2017

Government says much remains to be done in 2017

The Government says while a lot has been achieved so far, more remains to be done this year. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, in his New Year message, said that the New Year dawns as the Government of Good Governance marks two years in office. “During these two years, we have achieved many milestones. Yet undoubtedly, much needs to be done in our pursuit to be a fully fledged democracy that is also economically sound and socially empowered. The abolition of the 18th Amendment which cast a

31 Dec, 2016