State

මැතිවරණ කොමිෂන් සභාව සහ ජනාධිපතිවරණයට ඉදිරිපත්ව සිටින දේශපාලන පක්‍ෂ නියෝජිතයන් අතර විශේෂ සාකච්ඡාවක් අද (22) පැවැත්වෙනවා.

මරණ දඬුවම ක්‍රියාත්මක කිරීමට පක්ෂව ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණය තීරණයක් ලබාදුනහොත් තමන්ගේ ධූර කාලය අවසන් වීමට පෙර මරණ දඬුවම ක්‍රියාත්මක කරන බව ජනාධිපති මෛත‍්‍රීපාල සිරිසේන මහතා ඊයේ (20) පැවැසීය.

The Vote on Account prepared by the Finance Ministry on the Government’s expenditure from January 1 to April 30, 2020 seeking the approval for Rs.1,474 billion will be presented to Parliament on October 23. The Vote on Account will also seek the approval for limiting loans to Rs. 721 billion during the first quarter of next year.

The Government has taken measures to reduce tax on imported dried chillies and fish by Rs.20 and Rs.75 per kilogramme respectively.

Election Commission Chairman Mahinda Deshapriya warned yesterday that any attempts at interfering or threats at postal ballot marking centres will cause polling at such places to be annulled.

ජනාධිපතිවරණයට අදාළ තැපැල් ඡන්ද පති‍්‍රකා රාජ්‍ය ආයතන සදහා බෙදා හැරීම මේ වනවිට ආරම්භ කර තිබෙනවා.

Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL), in a statement yesterday, said it was deeply concerned by the recent decision made by the Cabinet to allow President Maithripala Sirisena to remain in his official residence at Mahagama Sekara Mawatha, formerly Paget Road.

Sri Lanka Treasury will have to find Rs. 39,365 million or Rs.39.36 billion to pay salaries and allowances of 1.1 million public sector employees and pensioners in the country , official sources.

Primary Industries and Social Empowerment Minister Daya Gamage yesterday informed the Presidential Commission that the Paddy Marketing Board (PMB) had decided to store paddy at Mattala Airport after the airport officials had given them permission to execute this decision in 2015.

Sri Lanka’s State-owned Enterprises (SOEs) numbering 422 will be reinvigorated under the Statement of Corporate Intent (SCI) mechanism now in full operation.

ජනාධිපති මෛත්‍රීපාල සිරිසේන මහතා නිල සංචාරයක් සඳහා අද පස්වරුවේ ජපානය බලා පිටත්ව ගොස් ඇත.

The Government Analyst’s Department is to soon submit its report on the mysterious deaths of seven elephants in Habarana to the Kekirawa Magistrate Court.

A total of 58,000 applications for postal voting forwarded for the presidential election had been rejected, the Elections Commission said.

The government has decided to levy a customer tax on credit and debit card usage when buying goods from abroad.

එල්.ටී.ටී.ඊ. ත්‍රස්තවාදී සංවිධානය යළි පිහිටුවිය යුතු යැයි පවසමින් රාජ්‍ය ඇමැතිනී විජයකලා මහේෂ්වරන් සිදුකළ ප්‍රකාශයට අදාළව ගොනු කර ඇති නඩුව නොවැම්බර් මස 01 වෙනිදා යලි කැදවීමට කොළඹ ප්‍රධාන මහේස්ත්‍රාත් අධිකරණය අද (18) නියෝග කළා.

President Maithripala Sirisena has left for Japan on a three-day official visit, his final state tour as President, today (Oct 21).

A total of 1,034 complaints of election law violations and violence had been reported between October 8 to 19, the Elections Commission said today.

සිගරට් සඳහා වන තීරු බදු අඩුකිරිමට මුදල් අමාත්‍යාංශය කටයුතු කර ඇත