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  • Russian Foreign Minister to visit Sri Lanka
    Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is scheduled visit Sri Lanka for a two-day official visit, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.Lavrov will meet with President Gotabaya...
  • PM’s legal advisor appointed
    Jayantha Weerasinghe PC has been appointed as the legal advisor of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa.  Weerasinghe , a past pupil of Royal College , Colombo took oaths as a lawyer after...
  • Four state ministers assigned state institutions
     Extraordinary gazette notifications were issued recently assigning state institutions and responsibilities to four state ministers. Accordingly State Ministers John Seneviratne, Shehan...
  • Australia bushfires might burn for months
    Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has warned that the devastating bushfires raging in the country might go on for months.At least 24 people have died since the fires began in September. Air...
  • Modi calls President and PM
    On the occasion of the New Year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today held a telephone conversation with  President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa where he conveyed his...
  • Parliamentary groups of Govt. & UNP convenes meeting today
    A meeting of the parliamentary group of the Government is scheduled to take place today, at the Presidential Secretariat .The meeting will be chaired by the President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime...
  • 2020 first parliament session to convene tomorrow
    The Fourth Session of the Eighth Parliament will be ceremonially declared open tomorrow at 10 am under the patronage of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.The President is scheduled to chair the inaugural...
  • Russian foreign minister to visit Sri Lanka
    On January 14, Sergei Lavrov will meet with Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, also planning to hold talks with Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Dinesh...
  • EU Ambassadors Meet PM Rajapaksa
    Ambassador of the European Union to Sri Lanka Denis Chaibi, along with ambassadors from France, Italy, Romania and Germany, met Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees this morning.The Prime...
  • Tax on Wheat Flour reduced
    The Government has removed the Consolidated Tax of Rs.36 per kilogramme of imported wheat flour and replaced it with the Special Commodity Levy (SCL) of Rs.8 per kilogramme.This Special Commodity...
  • World's youngest PM Sanna Marin
    Finland's Sanna Marin is to become the world's youngest prime minister at the age of 34.The transport minister was picked by her Social Democratic party after its leader, Antti Rinne, quit as PM. She...
  • New Zealand volcano: Five dead and eight missing
    New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern has said there were no signs of life on White Island following a volcanic eruption.She said the focus was now "on recovery" and "to return loved ones", once the island...
  • Ambassador of Norway calls on PM
    Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa met the Ambassador of Norway to Sri Lanka Trine Jøranli Eskedal this morning at Temple Trees. Reiterating the historical bilateral relations the two countries have,...
  • Maldivian Foreign Minister to meet President, PM
    Minister of Foreign Affairs of Maldives, Abdulla Shahid who arrived in Sri Lanka for three-day official visit last night, is scheduled to meet President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Prime Minister Mahinda...
  • PM’s office opens new Public Relations Division
    The Prime Minister’s Office inaugurated a Public Relations Division besides the Temple Trees, today.Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa ceremoniously opened the Public Relations Office.Speaking at the...