The government is looking at re-commencing operations at the Kankasanthurai (KKS) cement factory with private sector investments by next year after the current renovation work ends. The State Resources and Investment Promotions Ministry is to commence looking for a private sector investor soon. The Sri Lanka Cement Corporation has already commenced restoration work on restoring [...]
The government says that the Paddy Marketing Board (PMB) has purchased over 75,000 metric tons of paddy this Yala season. Cooperative and Internal Trade Minister Johnston Fernando has said that the PMB has therefore achieved its target in paddy purchasing. The Minister has said that the PMB has so far purchased 76,000 metric tons of [...]
The government says the number of liquor licenses issued in the country has increased last year in comparison to 2009. The government has informed parliament that 51 liquor licenses had been issued last year as opposed to 36 in 2009. The government had earned a Rs. 4.2 million revenue in 2010, which is an increase [...]
UPFA mayoral candidate for the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC), Milinda Moragoda says pluralism is Colombo’s strength. Moragoda has told the media that politicians have failed to understand the correct perspective of pluralism. He has said that the people wanted innovation and that the UPFA’s development programme for Colombo is based on the President’s vision. He [...]
The Highways Ministry says the government was yet to make compensation payments to land owners whose lands have been acquired for road development work in various parts of the country. The Ministry has told parliament that the government still had to pay Rs. 10 billion as compensation payments for lands acquired in this manner during [...]
The UNP says that illegal sand dredging was taking place in lands belonging to the Wilpattu sanctuary. UNP parliamentarian Dayasiri Jayasekera has told parliament that persons have illegally dredged 15,000 cubes of sand from the river, Modaragan Aru in the sanctuary. He has also charged that a government minister had illegally settled some families in [...]
The government has presented 67 supplementary estimates amounting to millions of rupees to parliament for approval. The supplementary estimates have been allocated between June 10th and 30th, 2011 from the Budgetary Support Services and Contingency Liabilities project of the Department of National Budget. A supplementary estimate has been presented on behalf of the Department of [...]
The Finance Ministry has been criticized for its delay in responding to oral questions raised by legislators in the House. Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa has expressed concerns over the Finance Ministry’s delay in responding to oral questions raised by parliamentarians. Rajapaksa has made this comment in response to comments made by UNP parliamentarian Ravi Karunanayake over [...]
Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe has proposed that the committee stage debate of the 2012 budget be limited to main ministries while a committee be appointed to discuss the rest of the ministries. Wickremesinghe has proposed in the House that since there was a large number of ministries, debating the main ministries during committee stage would [...]
A senior government minister says that the UNP has divided into many factions without any hope of resurrection. Irrigation and Water Resources Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva has said that the UNP has become a part of the governing UPFA with many UNPers contemplating joining the government. Addressing an election rally in Badulla, de Silva [...]
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