Sri Lanka, Nov. 18, 2024. Twenty-one cabinet ministers were sworn in before Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Monday morning at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo. (Department of Government Information-Sri Lanka/Handout via Xinhua) ...
Harini Amarasuriya (L), a member of parliament from the National People's Power (NPP), is sworn in as the new Sri Lankan prime minister at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sept. 24, 2024. (President's Media Division/Handout via Xinhua) COLOMBO, Sept. 24 (Xinhua) -...
Sri Lanka’s president was set to appoint a new cabinet Monday as security forces braced for possible violence with more protests expected against worsening shortages of food, fuel and medicines. Twenty-six ministers in the cabinet — all members except President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his elder br...
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Curfew Lifted for Buddhist Festival in Crisis-Hit Sri Lanka, New PM Picks Cabinet More By Uditha Jayasinghe and Alasdair Pal COLOMBO (Reuters) -A nationwide curfew was fully lifted on Sunday to allow Sri Lankans to celebrate the Buddhist festival of Vesak, while new Pri...
Wang Se said Sri Lanka's new cabinet is facing protests. The Sri Lanka Mirror reported on a proposed no-confidence motion against the prime minister. Qi told reporters that no matter how the global and domestic situations evolve, China will always be a staunch friend that offers support to ...
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ECONOMYNEXT – Cabinet has agreed to postpone the repeal of the simplified value added tax (SVAT) to April 1, 2025. The government had previously announced that the SVAT would be repealed on January 1, 2024. But industry stakeholders and trade bodies had expressed concerns that Sri Lanka’s...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s cabinet of ministers has approved a budget for 2025 earlier on Monday, the Department of Government Information said. “The budget was approved by a cabinet meeting today (17) early morning,” the statement said. ...