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අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨ ආර්ථික උපදේශක වශයෙන් ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුවේ හිටපු අධිපතිවරයකු වන අජිත් නිවාඩ් කබ්රාල් මහතා පත් කරනු ලැබ ඇත.

The cabinet has decided to reduce the Value Added Tax (VAT) from 15 per cent to 8 per cent with effect from December 1.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is reported to have instructed his ministers to review all agreements signed during the UNF government and renegotiate them if they violate the constitution

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is likely to prorogue parliament soon to begin a new session along with his maiden speech to the House, Daily Mirror learns.

නව ආණ්ඩුවේ රාජ්‍ය සහ නියෝජ්‍ය අමාත්‍යවරුන් දිවුරුම් දීම මේ වනවිට ආරම්භ කර තිබේ.

Loan schemes with preferential interest rates such as Enterprise Sri Lanka will be reevaluated and restructured to align with prioritised growth sectors and policy objectives by the new administration, the Finance and Economic Affairs Policy Development Ministry said yesterday.

Seventeen chairpersons who were appointed for district development committees by President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa received their appointment letters at the Presidential Secretariat last afternoon, Presidential Media Division said.

Former Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa was appointed as the State Minister of Defence today.

Veteran journalist Mohan Samaranayake has been appointed as President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s media director-general, the President’s Media Division said.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa undertakes a two-day State visit to India today on an invitation extended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, states a release from the President’s Media Division.

New State Ministers and Deputy Ministers took oaths before President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today.

Power and Energy Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said today that the Ministry was expecting to revoke the fuel pricing formula in the future.

නව අමාත්‍යාංශ 20ක් සඳහා පත් කෙරුණු ලේකම්වරු වෙත පත්වීම් ලිපි පිළිගැන්විම ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමා අතින් අද (27) පස්වරුවේ ජනාධිපති කාර්යාලයේ දී සිදු විය.
එම නාම ලේඛනය පහත පරිදි වේ.

The swearing-in of State and Deputy Ministers of the Interim Government will be held at the Presidential Secretariat today.

Sri Lanka Tri forces asset management is to be streamlined following recent revelation of government audit report. Measures will be taken to arrest short comings under the new administration, official sources said.

Chairman of the Election Commission Mahinda Deshapriya has requested Speaker Karu Jayasuriya to extend his support in parliament to adopt media guidelines into law to ensure the future elections are held in an independent and fair manner.

Speaker Karu Jayasuriya is likely to continue in his post until the next General Election, Government sources said yesterday.

කැබිනට් අමාත්‍යවරුන්ට රඳවා ගත හැකි උපදේශකවරුන්ගේ සංඛ්‍යාව සීමා කිරීමට ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මහතා තීරණය කර තිබෙනවා.