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President determined to build a prosperous nation
On Tuesday, November 17, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa in his capacity as Minister of Finance presented to Parliament the Government’s Budget proposals for 2021 mainly targeting people-centric development, economic development and welfare of the people. The proposals included solid measures to ensure fiscal consolidation to reduce the deficit, simplified tax policy and...
22 November, 2020
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Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga, Aviation and Export Zones Development State Minister D. V. Chanaka and Japanese Ambassador to Sri Lanka Akira Sugiyama at the commencement of Phase II of the Bandaranaike International Airport Expansion Project
BIA Phase II development project launched
* Move to facilitate post-pandemic air traffic spike, * Green initiative
Opening new vistas of prosperity and re-writing the history of aviation in Sri Lanka, the much awaited and long overdue Phase II of the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) Expansion Project commenced on Wednesday. It was launched by Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa. The commencement of the project coincided with the first year anniversary of Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s...
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Budget 2021 focuses on reviving pandemic-hit economy
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa as Minister of Finance, presented the first Budget of the SLLP government in Parliament on Wednesday. The ‘people-friendly Budget’ included a series of key proposals that focused on reviving the pandemic hit economy through the development of local businesses, industries and foreign investment. He also outlined the measures envisaged for...
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A ground-breaking ruling
Court orders Bathuideen to reforest cleared Wilpattu areas
Rishad Bathiudeen has to reforest cleared forest reserves in the Wilpattu National Park Forest whether he has the money or not, and the Forest Department has to make sure that the costing is done properly, Hemantha Withanage, Executive Director of the Centre for Environmental Justice (CEJ) said. He also said that the affair is ‘not a joke’. Ground-breaking ruling In a...
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Making history: The first female Air Force pilots share experiences
‘Pluck up courage and follow suit’
On November 16 in China Bay, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) Pilot Officers Rangana Thathsarani Weerawardana and Pavithra Lakshani Gunarathne made history by conquering the skies. In the Sri Lanka Air Force’s 69-year history Weerawardana and Gunarathne became the first two female pilots to earn their wings and be awarded the Flying Brevet to be commissioned as...
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