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LNP - Stop making false allegations against rating agencies: Sajith tells Govt.

2021-12-21 | Politics

The government should stop making false allegations against rating agencies and should seek assistance from international financial agencies and frien...

LNP - Sajith demands answers over gas

2021-12-20 | Politics

Leader of Opposition Sajith Premadasa yesterday questioned the rationale behind the decision to unload consignments of gas from the two ships which ap...

LNP - Gas companies should pay compensation to all those affected by gas leaks: Minister

2021-12-14 | Politics

Gas companies should pay compensation to all those affected by gas-related explosions, Environment Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said. He said explosion...

LNP - BOI Chairman meets President and says wants to resign

2021-12-13 | Politics

Chairman of the Board of Investment (BOI) of Sri Lanka, Sanjaya Mohottala, has reiterated his intention to step down from his post. The BOI Chairman h...

LNP - President directs to complete COVID booster dose rollout within next 2 weeks

2021-12-10 | Politics

Sri Lanka will make the COVID vaccination card mandatory for people to visit public places, a press release issued by the President’s Media Division...

LNP - President rejects BOI resignations

2021-12-06 | Politics

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has refused to accept the resignations of the Chairman and Board members of the Board of Investment (BOI) of Sri Lanka, w...

LNP - Sialkot lynching: PM Imran Khan speaks to President Gotabaya in UAE; conveys nation’s anger & shame

2021-12-06 | Politics

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on Saturday expressed shock at the brutal Sialkot lynching of a Sri Lankan national, but expressed confide...

LNP - President gets tough on cabinet over gas crisis

2021-12-01 | Politics

Appoints committee to look into incidents Bandula Gunawardena says incidents may be a result of some manipulation Police say 19 incidents of LP gas ...

LNP - RW not joining Government

2021-12-01 | Politics

United National Party (UNP) Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe has no intention of joining the Government, sources close to the former Prime Minister told Da...

LNP - Central Bank maintains policy interest rates

2021-11-25 | Politics

The Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has decided to maintain the Standing Deposit Facility Rate (SDFR) and the Standing Lending ...