Politics

President’s fifty-year milestone   President Ranil Wickremesinghe was felicitated last evening in completing 50 years since taking oaths as a lawyer at a gala event at the Shangri La Hotel in Colombo. Speaking at the occasion, the President said he…

Colombo Port City: Regulations gazette to register offshore companies The Government has gazette regulations to fully permit the registration of offshore companies in the Chinese-built Colombo Port City but the promulgation of a framework allowing incentives and exemptions to “businesses…

President expresses his condolences to China   President Ranil Wickremesinghe has visited the Chinese embassy in Colombo today (02) to express his condolences on the passing of former Chinese President Jiang Zemin. He had also signed the condolence book at…

SJB MPS MOST UNDISCIPLINED GROUP IN PARLIAMENT: SPEAKER SJB MPs most undisciplined group in parliament: Speaker 2 December 2022 11:59 am – 11      – 1517 A A A Time management and discipline of MPs were questioned today by Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardene…

President invites the Maldives to invest in tourism sector President Ranil Wickremesinghe today requested the Maldives to invest in Sri Lanka’s high-tech agriculture sector, cruise tourism, and high-end tourism sectors. The request was made when Maldivian Vice President Faisal Naseem…

India assumes G20 Presidency   In a historic moment, India formally assumed the G20 Presidency, from Indonesia, on December 01, 2022. The G20, or Group of Twenty, is an intergovernmental forum of the world’s 20 major developed and developing economies,…

7 more parties recognized as political parties The Election Commission has decided to recognize 07 new political parties. The decision was taken during a recent meeting of the commission, says, chairman – Mr. Nimal G. Punchihewa. The newly recognised political…

President expresses his condolences to China   President Ranil Wickremesinghe has visited the Chinese embassy in Colombo today (02) to express his condolences on the passing of former Chinese President Jiang Zemin. He had also signed the condolence book at…

Record number of students visit Parliament yesterday   The highest number of school students ever to visit Parliament was reported yesterday, Serjeant-at Arms Narendra Fernando said. Accordingly, he said permission had been given to over 5,000 students from 32 schools…

Act on Gender Equality & Women Empowerment in Parliament soon – President President Ranil Wickremesinghe said that a bill on gender equality and women’s empowerment will be submitted to Parliament soon and he has instructed the women’s parliamentarians’ forum to…