A group of members of the Ceylon Workers' Congress (CWC) led by minister Jeevan Thondaman staged a protest in front of Nuwara Eliya police station yesterday (01).
A reduction in both production and export has caused a Rs. 511,500 million loss for Sri Lanka’s tea industry in the past decade, said Prof. Wasantha Athukorale of the University of Peradeniya.
Sri Lanka’s economic policy continuity and macroeconomic stability will be crucial to achieve robust growth in the next five years, former Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake reiterated outlining the outcome of the Economic Transformation Bill.
The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) thinks of fielding its own presidential candidate without supporting incumbent Ranil Wickremesinghe if he fails to lure at least 20 MPs of the Samagi Jana Balawegya (SJB) to the government.
The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) will announce a presidential candidate only after incumbent Ranil Wickremesinghe declares if he runs for the post, said its leader Mahinda Rajapaksa.
The general secretary of the United National Party (UNP) Palitha Range Bandara says he will reveal on 03 June all ‘secrets’ behind his suggestion to submit a proposal to the House to hold a referendum to put off both presidential and general elections by two years.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe may have stabilized the country to an extent, but that is far from satisfactory, said SJB MP Ajith Mannapperuma.
A person who allegedly had close relations with the ISIS group of Sri Lankans arrested in India has been arrested on suspicion of being associated with the organization.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe emphasized the imperative of promoting modern technologies, particularly Artificial Intelligence (AI), to attain future social and economic objectives within the country.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe may have stabilized the country to an extent, but that is far from satisfactory, said SJB MP Ajith Mannapperuma.
