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President calls on banking sector to think out of the box

2020-05-14 | Politics

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has requested the banking sector to deviate from conventional thinking and practice to support the country’s striving t...

President reviews current status of digital ID

2020-05-13 | Politics

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today reviewed the current status of the proposed “unique digital identity card”, which will be issued only once by o...

President instructs to focus on rapid development in main cities

2020-05-13 | Politics

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has instructed the officials to focus on rapid development of several main cities in the country including Colombo, the P...

7 FR petitions against election date fixed for support on May 18, 19

2020-05-12 | Politics

Seven Fundamental Right petitions filed challenging the dissolution of Parliament and fixing the General Election date for June 20, have been fixed fo...

Ranawaka, Welgama file petition against election on June 20

2020-05-09 | Politics

Former MPs Kumara Welgama and Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) Leader Patali Champika Ranawaka filed a petition in the Supreme Court today challenging the G...

President optimistic that economy could be re-built

2020-05-07 | Politics

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is optimistic that the economy adversely affected by the COVID – 19 pandemic could be re-built on a solid basis, the Pr...

Karu endorses proposal by opposition parties to reconvene parliament

2020-04-30 | Politics

Former Speaker of Parliament, Karu Jayasuriya, said today that he endorsed the proposal made by the parties in the opposition to reconvene the Parliam...

PM calls 225 MPs of previous parliament for a meeting

2020-04-30 | Politics

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has called all 225 members of the previous Parliament for a meeting on Monday (May 4) at 10 am to discuss the current...

COVID-19 spread under control in general: President

2020-04-30 | Politics

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said the spread of COVID-19 is under control in general, and that immediate remedial steps have been taken following the ...