Sunday Observer

11 April, 2021 0

Ministerial Committee on PCoI report

CID, TID told to carry out further investigations

Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga said the six-member Ministerial Committee appointed to study the report of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) that probed the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks has given instructions to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) to conduct further investigations and also set up a new institution, if necessary, and to inform...

11 April, 2021 0

“Discussion with the Village”

President appoints Task Force to achieve goals

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has appointed a Presidential Task Force to effectively guide, pursue and review the realisation of objectives and needs of the people that the government seeks to achieve through the “Discussion with the Village” program.It has been named as the “Rural Development Presidential Task Force on Discussion with the Village”.A 15-member team of state ministers and parliamentarians...

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Rs. 5,000 allowance for Samurdhi recipients and low-income families

State Minister of Samurdhi, Household Economy, Micro Finance, Self-Employment and Business Development Shehan Semasinghe said steps have been taken to provide a cash allowance of Rs. 5,000 for Samurdhi recipients and low-income families.The State Minister said the decision has been taken in view of the upcoming Sinhala and Tamil New Year. He said Samurdhi officers have been instructed to take steps to...

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President’s top priority:

Ensuring long term progressive policies

The President knows that tax cuts have have led to lost revenue, but he considers that an investment, and his new tax regime would be in force for the five years of his tenure. So said the president’s secretary Dr. P.B. Jayasundera, according to news reports. This clear indication about fiscal policy came in the same week that Dr. Jayasundera announced that all palm oil imports would be stopped.Oil palm...

11 April, 2021 0

Our own Avurudu

The Sinhala and Hindu Aluth Avurudda - New Year will fall shortly. The auspicious times for the main rituals begin with the Nonagathaya on Tuesday at 8.09pm. The New Year will fall along with the dawn on Wednesday (April 14), continue via the lighting of the hearth, having meals and Ganu Denu, anointing oil and finally setting off for work (profession) the next Monday (April 19). The auspicious color codes...

11 April, 2021 0

SLPP will continue in power beyond 2025 – Ramesh Pathirana

Parliament sittings were adjourned for several minutes on Thursday (April 8) following a heated exchange of words between Government and Opposition lawmakers over the decision on unseating of SJB Parliamentarian Ranjan Ramanayake.Opposition MPs were seen wearing black bands to protest against the Speaker’s decision. Later, a tense situation erupted in Parliament during a heated argument between SJB MP...

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Sri Lanka drug buster takes up fight against cricket corruption

An intellectual anti-doping crusader in Sri Lanka is planning to do what no pundit or purist has succeeded in to make the country’s corruption-ridden cricket administration a cleaned-up entity within a month.Claiming to see himself only as a messiah on a mission, Professor Arjuna de Silva has become the instant head of cricket’s governing body as more questions have been raised over financial misdeeds...

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Good news on contingency funding in the offing - CB

Sri Lanka will have positive news on contingency funding soon as discussions on swap arrangements with regional partners are in progress, said Central Bank Governor Prof. W.D. Lakshman. He was addressing the media on the monetary policy stance of the bank last week.“Negotiations on contingency funding is in progress with certain regional countries and the latest is with partners in the Middle East,”...