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CC decides to select new members for independent commissions

The Constitutional Council, which met for the first time today, has decided to select new members for the independent commissions, including the Election Commission. Accordingly, a newspaper advertisement will be published calling for applications for the appointment as Members of the Election Commission, the Public Service Commission, the National Police Commission, the Audit Service Commission, the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka, the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or C

25 Jan, 2023

Sri Lanka’s gross official reserves at US dollars 1.9 billion

Sri Lanka’s gross official reserves stood at an estimated US dollars 1.9 billion by the end of 2022, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka said today. The bank said that the gradual improvement in workers? remittances, together with the revitalisation of tourism, helped improve the external current account balance in recent months while easing excessive pressures in the domestic foreign exchange market. As a result, the exchange rate has remained relatively stable, and recorded a marginal appreciation

25 Jan, 2023

India, UAE reach agreement on green hydrogen development and under sea cable connectivity

Abu Dhabi [UAE], January 13 (ANI): India and the UAE have reached an agreement on green hydrogen development and the laying of under sea cable connecting India to the UAE under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘One Sun, One World, One Grid initiative.’ Union Minister of Power and New and Renewable Energy RK Singh and UAE’s Minister of Energy and Infrastructure Suhail Al Mazrouei signed the agreement, according to the Ministery of External Affairs. The two leaders held a meeting and discussed vast

25 Jan, 2023