President abolishes PM-led Economic Committee
The Cabinet of Ministers last week approved the Cabinet Paper on the abolition of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Management
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Month: March 2018
A 500 Day Plan For Yahapālanaya
Corruption. Cost-of-Living. Competence. Communication. Performance on these four Cs will determine Sri Lanka’s future in 2020. The government has about
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Facebook’s Zuckerberg ‘sorry’ over Cambridge Analytica ‘breach’
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has admitted that the social network “made mistakes” that led to millions of Facebook users having
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Ministry Rental Scam Costs Millions To State Coffers
Startling revelations have now emerged of how the Chief Accounting Officer of the Ministry of Agriculture deliberately disregarded the directives
Read moreCOPA should question Dr. Fernando – JVP
The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) yesterday (22) suggested that Parliament should summon the Chairman of the South Asian Institute of
Read moreGovt. to operate SriLankan on 51-49 equity partnership
The government is prepared to grant 49 percent of the equity of SriLankan airlines together with its management to a
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Capital market worried over stalemate at SEC
Chairman and Commissioners re-appointed for 6 months but SEC Act specifies appointments must be for full 3-year term Confusion leads to Commission
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Arjuna shuts down fuel pricing formula
Minister points out decision has to be made by Govt. Insists intention is to minimise losses incurred by CPC Personally opposes
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Harsha de Silva summons Monetary Board
The financial crisis-hit Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (Private) Limited (ICTA) is attempting to transfer its abandoned
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Sri Lanka national inflation slows to 3.2-pct in February
Inflation in Sri Lanka, as measured by the National Consumer Price Index (NCPI) slowed to 3.2 percent in February 2018
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