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by Uditha Kumarasinghe
Another Rs. 30 b to be allocated in next three months
Health Minister Dr. Keheliya Rambukwella said that over 75 percent of financial issues in the health sector have already been resolved and President Ranil Wickremesinghe has given clear instructions to allocate another Rs.30 billion to the health sector for the next three months.
He was addressing a media briefing attended by top Ministry officials at the Grand Oriental...
Minister of Health Keheliya Rambukwella said that there is a deliberate attempt to use the issues in the health sector by the Opposition and certain other sectors to realise their political objectives.
The Minister in an interview with the Sunday Observer said, “This is an organised campaign and a deliberate and lethal attack on the free healthcare system which is a very...
Comments by the Opposition Leader don’t carry any substance:
Basic requirements of people are being fulfilled:
It would be good if the SJB brings a NCM against their own leader:
Decisions did not take a back step due to any interference:
State Minister of Finance Shehan Semasinghe said this is not the time to practise politics but a time to stabilise the economy and...
Chief Government Whip, Minister of Urban Development and Housing Prasanna Ranatunga said at this juncture, people want to implement a program to get the country out of the economic crisis rather than conducting an election. At present, public opinion is that President Ranil Wickremesinghe with his international connections is the most experienced and mature political...
National Jana Sabha Secretariat Secretary Ravindra Hewavitharana said that at present the Jana Sabha concept has been presented to the Cabinet of Ministers and they gave their principle approval to it on October 17, 2022. Based on the concept paper, they have set up the National Jana Sabha Secretariat and asked it to further inquire into this concept and come up with...
by Uditha Kumarasinghe
Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa presenting his maiden Budget in Parliament on Friday (November 12) proposed a series of measures...
After the Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa tested positive for the Covid-19 virus, 10 staff members at the Opposition Leader’s...
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on Friday (May 7) virtually inaugurated the construction work on the first phase of the...
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has obtained permission to detain former Minister Rishad Bathiudeen and his brother...
State Minister of Samurdhi, Household Economy, Micro Finance, Self Employment and Business Development Shehan Semasinghe said the...
PCoI on Easter Sunday attacks
The six-member Ministerial Committee appointed to study the final report of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) that...
Co-Cabinet Spokesman and Energy Minister Udaya Gammanpila said that the party leaders of the SLPP led Government should...
Easter Sunday attacks, bond scam:
Agriculture Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage said that action will be initiated against the perpetrators of the 2019 Easter...
The Government has commenced the program to purchase 300,000 metric tons of paddy from the 2021 Maha Season through the Paddy...
Measures have been taken to rectify the salary anomaly of principals and teachers, Education Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris told...
The Government is setting up a new pharmaceutical plant on 64 acres belonging to the Urban Development Authority (UDA) at...
The Committee on Parliamentary Business chaired by Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana on Friday has decided to take up the debate...
Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) General Secretary Ranjith Madduma Bandara said that the UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe and his...
Parliamentary Elections
UNP Colombo District candidate Chrishmal Warnasuriya who hails from Moratuwa is a practising lawyer who had long been involved in...
Parliamentary Election 2020
Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Colombo district candidate and former Mayor of the Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia Municipal Council,...
Parliamentary Election 2020:
Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) General Secretary and former Parliamentarian Ranjith Madduma Bandara said that when the UNP is going...
Minister of Roads and Highways, Ports and Shipping Johnston Fernando said former UNP parliamentarian Mangala Samaraweera’s...
Minister of Industrial Export and Investment Promotion and Civil Aviation Prasanna Ranatunga said 6.9 million people who voted...
Former UPFA Gampaha District parliamentarian Dr.Sudarshini Fernandopulle said our healthcare system is well equipped to handle...
The Presidential Task Force for Essential Services appointed by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to ensure civilian life without any...
Eight parliamentarians who represented the previous Parliament have not been given nominations from any of the three major...
Former UPFA Kalutara District Parliamentarian Kumara Welgama who launched his new political party “Nawa Lanka Nidahas Pakshaya”...
State Minister of Tea Industry Development Kanchana Wijesekera said the people would decide who should represent the next...
Cabinet Spokesman and Information and Mass Media, Higher Education, Technology and Innovation Minister Dr. Bandula Gunawardana...
Women Parliamentarians on Thursday (February 20) called upon all Party Leaders to give nominations to more women at the upcoming...
State Minister of Lands and Land Development S.B. Dissanayake said former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and the UNP should...
The new Director General of the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC), Chandrapala Liyanage spoke to the Sunday Observer...
Pivithuru Hela Urumaya PHU Leader and UPFA Colombo District Parliamentarian Udaya Prabath Gammanpila said during the last three...
Information and Communication Technology State Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena said the UNP will be further split and no...
Commenting on the media speculations that several constituent parties of the United National Front (UNF) are to quit from the UNF...
UNP Parliamentarian Ranjan Ramanayake has not yet handed over the alleged audio tapes to the relevant officials of the...
Commenting on UNP Parliamentarian Ranjan Ramanayake’s leaked audio clips, Justice, Human Rights and Legal Reforms Minister Nimal...
The Government has decided to set up South Asia’s largest Information Technology (IT) and Innovation University City in a 1,800...
Government Spokesman and State Minister of Investment Promotion Keheliya Rambukwella referring to the leaked audio clips of UNP...
Commenting on the controversial ‘revelations’ by UNP Parliamentarian Ranjan Ramanayake’s audio clips, Chief Government Whip and...
The Government of Sri Lanka has no international problems according to State Minister of Transport Services Management Dilum...
The next Parliamentary meeting is scheduled to be held from 1.00 pm to 6.00 pm following the inauguration of the fourth session...
Co-Cabinet Spokesman and Minister of Plantation Industries and Export Agriculture Dr. Ramesh Pathirana said the investigations...
The Sectoral Oversight Committee on Education and Human Resources Development has recommended a royalty fee of Rs. 30 per song...
Minister of Small and Medium Business and Enterprise Development, Industries and Supply Chain Management Wimal Weerawansa said,...
Minister of Information and Communications Technology, Higher Education, Technology and Innovations Bandula Gunawardana said that...
UPFA Kandy District Parliamentarian Keheliya Rambukwella said that the outcome reflected by the Presidential Election result was...
SLMC Leader and City Planning, Water Supply and Higher Education Minister Rauff Hakeem on Wednesday (23) refuted allegations...
The Attorney General’s Department has informed the Parliament Sectoral Oversight Committee on Anti-Corruption and the Media that...
A leading member of the Organisation for the Protection of the SLFP Attorney-at-Law Rajika Kodithuwakku said that their...
An independent commission will be established to evaluate and regulate the policies approved by Parliament, projects implemented...
SLFP National Organiser MP Duminda Dissanayake said the SLFP has not aligned with the SLPP but only decided to extend their...
The final report of the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) which probed the Easter Sunday attacks will be presented in...
The Government has set a new record by increasing the salaries of public servants by 107 percent which hitherto no Government in...
SLFP sources confirmed that the discussion President Maithripala Sirisena had with the SLPP Presidential candidate Gotabaya...