Tussle within govt. for health portfolio
With speculation rife in the political circles about a change in the health portfolio, infighting is on for the position, said reliable political sources.
With speculation rife in the political circles about a change in the health portfolio, infighting is on for the position, said reliable political sources.
Water tariffs will go up next month as consumers are presently supplied at a loss of five cents per litre, said state minister Sanath Nishantha.
The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) incurred a loss of Rs. 29,790 million in the first four months of 2023 despite increases in the tariffs, said a report on state finances.
The Colombo fraud bureau has filed a court case against several officials of the public administration ministry affiliate National Language Education and Training Institute at Makumbura over a major financial fraud.
Courts have ordered the police to provide immediate protection to a site where a rare Sri Lanka legume, or crudia zeylanica, tree has reportedly been buried.
A presidential directive has gone to the Election Commission to inform him immediately about the cost of holding a presidential election.
Ex-president Maithripala Sirisena has attended the inaugural ceremony of the Global Leadership Summit in Cambodia.
An estate company is attempting to take over a land in Avissawella allotted by the good governance regime to build houses for estate workers, according to the leader of the Tamil Progressive Alliance (TPF) Mano Ganesan.
A parliamentary committee on education has recommended the replacement of the University Grants Commission and the Vocational Training Authority with a single independent National Higher Education Commission by way of legislative enactment.
Investors will be given commercially-valuable lands in major cities to obtain contributions towards economic growth, said urban development and housing state minister Arundika Fernando.