(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –As cities become the driver of economic growth and the main ‘beneficiaries of economies of scale’, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday asked the Mayor’s Dialogue, ‘City Net Congress’ to consider the question of ‘financing’ such development in countries such as Sri Lanka.
"‘Finance’ city development in countries like SL"Category: HIGHLIGHTED
(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –Minister of Petroleum Resources Development Arjuna Ranatunge told yesterday (6th Nov.) that the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) has sufficient stocks of 10, 000 MTs of petrol for the next few days and requests the public to refrain from the panic buying.
"CPC has sufficient stock of petrol"
(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –The President’s Awards for Scientific Publication held under the patronage of President Maithripala Sirisena at the Taj Samudra in Colombo, yesterday (06).
"President’s Awards for Scientific Publication under President’s patronage"
(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –Sri Lankan origin Malaysia’s top diplomat, Ambassador Ananda Kumaraseri presented the first copy of his latest book, Symbols & Symbolism: Embrace Multiculturalism’ to President Maithripala Sirisena at the Presidents House in Colombo.
"Sri Lankan origin Malaysian diplomat Dr Kumaraseri present his latest book to President"
(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –Today, many development projects have been implemented island wide allocating a huge amount of money, and the present government also committed to ensure maximum transparency when implementing those development projects, President Maithripala Sirisena said.
"Govt. implements transparent development process across the country –President"
Industrialization of Ruhuna to begin with the opening of Sri Lanka-China Industrial Zone Office in Hambantota Port
(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –The “Sri Lanka-China Logistics and Industrial Zone Office” to be set up within the ‘Ruhunu Economic Development Area in Sri Lanka’s southern port of Hambantota was inaugurated under the patronage of the Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Saturday(04).
"Industrialization of Ruhuna to begin with the opening of Sri Lanka-China Industrial Zone Office in Hambantota Port"
(TEXAS, LANKAPUVATH) –A gunman clad in all black, with a ballistic vest strapped to his chest and a military-style rifle in his hands, opened fire on parishioners at a Sunday service at a small Baptist church in rural Texas, killing at least 26 people and turning this tiny town east of San Antonio into the scene of the country’s newest mass horror.
"Texas Church Shooting Leaves at Least 26 Dead, Officials Say"
(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –Law and Order and Southern Development Minister SagalaRatnayaka said the government’s vision was to make people inheritors of ‘solutions’ rather than making them inheritors of problems.
"“We will make people inheritors of solutions, not inheritors of problems’ – Sagala"
(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull congratulated President Maithripala Sirisena for the “great reconciliation programme undertaken by the Sri Lankan government”.
"Premier Turnbull hails President Sirisena’s great reconciliation programme"
(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –It seems strange that the Joint Opposition (JO) disagrees with the government’s gesture to accept the most salient proposals made by the Joint Opposition itself, said Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe yesterday.
"JO’s about turn surprises PM"