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Illicit tobacco: Tackling the threat to national law and order
(PRESS RELEASE) – RIU – Increasingly the illicit tobacco network is becoming a threat to national law and order as well as security. Benefitting from access to new markets with different legal and cultural conditions, organised crime has expanded its engagement in illicit trade significantly. In a recent report on the tobacco industry the Research Intelligence […]
Reigning Miss World visits Sri Lanka
Key officials of the Miss World Organization including the Reigning Miss World arrived in Sri Lanka on Sunday 30th September on an exploration visit of the island.The high profile delegation is looking at the possibility of selecting Sri Lanka as the host nation for the world renowned pageant in 2020 or 2021. The delegation paid […]
Young people at the centre of social innovation and entrepreneurship: UN
Oct 03, 2018 (LBO) – Today’s generation of young people is the largest the world has ever known.One in every three people alive today is under the age of thirty, and around ninety per cent of these young people are living mainly in Asia and Africa. In Sri Lanka, nearly a quarter of the population […]
327 new Chartered Accountants, 158 conferred FCA designation: CA Sri Lanka
Oct 03, 2018 (LBO) – The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka) conferred the distinguished Associate Chartered Accountants (ACA) designation to 327 new Chartered Accountants. 158 existing members of the institute, were conferred with the Fellow Chartered Accountant (FCA) status, elevating them to the highest stratum in their professional careers. Issuing […]
Govt. expenditure for 2019 Rs.4,376Bn : Budget deficit 4.1-pct
Oct 02, 2018 (LBO) – As per the Appropriation Bill, which was presented to the Cabinet recently by Finance and Media Minister, Mangala Samaraweera, next year’s annual state expenditure will be 4,376 billion rupee.The budget deficit will be 644 billion rupees, 4.1 percent of Gross Domestic Product, the Finance Ministry said issuing a statement. The Government […]
‘s visit to Oslo
Oct 02, 2018 (LBO) – The Sri Lanka Association for Software and Services Companies (SLASSCOM) will host multiple events in Norway and Sweden with the participation of the Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe, who is visiting Oslo during 3rd to 5th October. The PM will be accompanied by the Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development […]
ADB provides USD300Mn for elevated highway
Sept 28, 2018 (LBO) – The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) has approved a US 300 million dollar loan to help in the construction of about 5.3 kilometers (km) of elevated toll highway with related facilities between the New Kelani Bridge (NKB) and Galle Face in central Colombo in Sri Lanka. The new highway is expected […]
FM statement on misreporting of CID investigation regarding Namal Kumara
Sept 27, 2018 (LBO) – The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is conducting investigations into serious allegations of an alleged conspiracy to assassinate President Maithripala Sirisena, former President Mahinda Rajapaksa and former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa, amongst others. As of this time, the only source for these allegations is a statement made by A.M. Namal Kumara. While […]
Collapse of rupee and yahapalana govt.’s economic mismanagement: MR
Sept 26, 2018 (LBO) – The Rupee has depreciated steadily against the US Dollar ever since the yahapalana government came into power – a trend which has now accelerated alarmingly. The value of the US Dollar which was Rs. 131 at the end of 2014 when I left office is now over Rs.170 and continuing […]
Millennium Challenge Cooperation to grant USD 480Mn to Sri Lanka
Sept 26, 2018 (LBO) – United States will provide a US$ 480 million grant to Sri Lanka for several development projects, a statement said. President Maithripala Sirisena by the Chief Operation Officer of US Government owned Millennium Challenge Cooperation (MCC), Brock Bierman assured the Sri Lanka’s President at a meeting at the Lowes Regency Hotel […]
‘s looks at adaptive social protection to protect poor,vulnerable from disasters
Sept 26, 2018 (LBO) – The key concerns for Sri Lanka are less about extreme poverty; and more about vulnerability to an array of risks like disaster and the management of them, the Country Director of the World Baknk in Sri Lanka said. “Sri Lanka has put in place extensive programs to respond to disasters […]
Appropriation Bill to parliament second week of October
Sept 25, 2018 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s cabinet has approved the Appropriation Bill proposed by Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera, to be presented in Parliament during the second week of October, a statement said. The Appropriation Bill estimates, the total expenditure for 2019 without budget proposals is 4,376 billion rupees, the latest statement on cabinet decisions said. […]