President Ranil Wickremesinghe instructed the officials to expedite the Anuradhapura Sacred Site Development Plan, giving priority to the Maha Viharaya Development Plan.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s visit to India has served as a significant platform to strengthen cooperation and collaboration between the two nations, said minister of foreign affairs Ali Sabry.
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.
