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Five proposals to bring enormous benefits:
Mammoth crowd expected at SLFP National Convention
Thousands of SLFP provincial leaders and
representatives will assemble at the Kettarama grounds in Colombo
today for the SLFP National Convention to be presided over by
President Mahinda Rajapaksa.
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You can live in peace and harmony - President
“Never in the future will there be a situation
of terror and disharmony. You can live in peace without fear. The
Government has launched `Navodayam’ development program in the East
and ‘Vasantham’ program in the North.
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Sri Lanka invests $ 2 b on infrastructure - Dr Amunugama
Sri Lanka is investing heavily to develop its
infrastructure. An investment of US$ 2 billion to upgrade roads,
rail tracks, airports and power will be the main driver of GDP into
the next decade said Public Administration and Home Affairs Minister
and Finance and Planning Deputy Minister Dr. Sarath Amunugama.
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Essential food items:
Price reductions, a boon to consumers
The prices of essential items such as rice,
sugar, dhal, gram, canned fish, big onion, potatoes dried chillies
and garlic have been reduced by the Government. The benefit received
by consumers due to the essential items price reduction was like an
increase in the monthly salary or a reduction of the cost-of-living,
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Jaffna, Colombo travel restrictions relaxed
With the opening of the A9 road any Sri Lankan
can travel to Jaffna from Colombo or vice versa without the security
clearance certificate that was required earlier Northern Province
Governor Maj. Gen. G. A. Chandrasiri said.
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