The Director Legislative Services of the Parliament has called for applications for the appointment of Members, who are not MPs, to the Constitutional Council, proposed by the 21st Amendment. Applications are called from persons of eminence and integrity who have distinguished themselves in public or professional life and who are not members of any political party, to be […]
Budget 2023: mixed reactions Jathika Jana Balavegaya (JJB) MP Dr. Harini Amarasuriya yesterday (14) said that the maiden Budget presented by President Ranil Wickremesinghe in his capacity as the Finance Minister didn’t address the daunting challenges faced by the country in the wake of unprecedented post-independence economic crisis. Dr. Amarasuriya asserted that President Wickremesinghe had failed to respond to […]
Text and picture by PRIYAN DE SILVA Executive Director of the Centre of Policy Alternatives (CPA) Dr. Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu told journalists and Civil Society Activists at a workshop held in Kandy that China’s unwillingness to accept the proposed debt restructuring might deprive Sri Lanka of the US$ 2.9 billion credit facility, from the IMF. The staff-level agreement is to […]
President Ranil Wickremesinghe emphasized that immediate measures are being taken to create an investment-friendly environment in Sri Lanka and create economic stability. The President said this addressing the gathering at the Mireka Tower Opening Ceremony at Havelock City in Wellawatte Thursday (20), where he was the Chief Guest. The President also said that laws that.
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