Police spokesman promoted to rank of SSP

Individual shot dead in the Minuwangoda area

An individual was shot dead in the Minuwangoda area today, the police media unit said. The police said armed men on a motorcycle carried out the shooting.

24 Nov, 2016

Fines from road rule violations for health sector

The fines collected from road rule violations will be used to improve the health sector and other essential services, Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake said today. He said the Government is not estimating the income to be collected from fines as it is purely to reduce road accidents. “This process is not to get an income for the Government,” the Minister said. Karunanayake said that the latest technology will be used to ensure a transparent process is followed when imposing a fine on an offe

24 Nov, 2016

Finance Ministry insists no cut in subsidy, welfare facilities

No subsidy or other welfare facility that have been increased for the people after the Government came in to power has been slashed or removed, the Finance Ministrt said today. The Ministry said that despite huge allocations made for development projects in the Budget 2017, Rs.403 billion has been allocated for subsidies and welfare expenditures. This is an increase of Rs.143 billion when compared with Rs.260 billion allocated in 2014. After Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake presented Budget

24 Nov, 2016