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Tag: Cabinet

‘Tripitaka’ declared a national heritage
LOCAL

‘Tripitaka’ declared a national heritage

The Cabinet has approved the proposal to declare the ‘Tripitaka’, the text which includes all teachings of Buddha, as a…

byFaraz Shauketaly20/09/2018
President calls urgent Cabinet meeting today
LOCAL

President calls urgent Cabinet meeting today

President Maithripala Sirisena has called an urgent Cabinet meeting for today, despite the absence of several top ministers including the…

byFaraz Shauketaly13/09/201813/09/2018
Digital blitz to boost SL tourism
BUSINESSMain Story

Digital blitz to boost SL tourism

By Chathuri Dissanayake The long-awaited digital campaign for tourism got Cabinet nod this week with approval to awarding contracts for…

byFaraz Shauketaly16/08/2018
Development projects fail set targets
BUSINESSMain Story

Development projects fail set targets

By Chathuri Dissanyake Almost half of the Government’s development projects and programs managed under 47 line ministries have not reached…

byFaraz Shauketaly09/08/2018
PM says that no proposal was made to him on MP salary hike
LOCALMain Story

PM says that no proposal was made to him on MP salary hike

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe says that there was no proposal presented to him or the Cabinet regarding a salary increment…

byFaraz Shauketaly07/08/2018
President instructs to submit a swift plan to the Cabinet to develop Kalpitiya Islands
LOCAL

President instructs to submit a swift plan to the Cabinet to develop Kalpitiya Islands

President Maithripala Sirisena has given instructions to swiftly present a plan on development of 13 Islands of Kalpitiya to the…

byFaraz Shauketaly14/06/2018
UNP-SLFP have to work together – Rajitha
LOCAL

UNP-SLFP have to work together – Rajitha

Co-cabinet Spokesperson, Minister Dr Rajitha Senaratne says that there is no alternative for the UNP and the SLFP other than…

byFaraz Shauketaly07/06/2018
Bus fares in Sri Lanka up from yesterday midnight
LOCAL

Bus fares in Sri Lanka up from yesterday midnight

Sri Lanka’s cabinet of ministers has approved a 12.5 percent increase in bus fares from midnight yesterday. “Upon the Cabinet…

byFaraz Shauketaly23/05/2018
Cabinet considers admitting only qualified SAITM students to KDU medical faculty
LOCAL

Cabinet considers admitting only qualified SAITM students to KDU medical faculty

Sri Lanka’s cabinet has decided that only the students who have met the basic qualifications for admission to medical faculties…

byFaraz Shauketaly17/05/2018
Cabinet takes measures to resolve railway workers’ problems
LOCALTOP STORY

Cabinet takes measures to resolve railway workers’ problems

The cabinet of ministers has decided to take measures to resolve the problems faced by railway employees and fulfill their…

byFaraz Shauketaly10/05/2018

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