The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty falls today. This day is celebrated every year on October 17 throughout the world. It was officially recognised by the United Nations, but the first commemoration of the event took place in Paris, France, in 1987 when 100,000 people gathered on the Human Rights and Liberties Plaza at the Trocadéro to honour victims of poverty, hunger, violence … [Read more...]

Ministers of the Uva Provincial Council will be sworn in before President Mahinda Rajapaksa this morning at the Presidential Secretariat. The first session of the 6th Uva Provincial Council met recently at the Uva Provincial Council Auditorium recently under the patronage of Chief Minister Shashindra Rajapaksa. The Chairman and the staff of the council were appointed during the session. … [Read more...]

Secretary to the Treasury Dr. P.B. Jayasundara says that an annual income of 470 million dollars is expected from the Colombo Port City. It will be developed as Asia's international business centre. The government has launched to utilize naval and maritime sectors for the development of the economy on the instructions of the President. The new Port City will consist of high rise housing complexes, … [Read more...]

Sri Lanka has entered into an agreement with China to cooperate closely to face serious cyber threats and to share information on such threats in the future. The Memorandum of Understanding was signed at the Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka. China’s National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team Coordination Centre and Sri Lanka’s Computer Emergency … [Read more...]

The Ministry of Defence and Urban Development states that a methodical process has been implemented to handover the gold jewellery stolen by the LTTE to their rightful owners. During the Wanni humanitarian operation, the Army was able to recover a large stock of gold at the banks maintained by the LTTE. The government took steps to handover the jewellery mortgaged by the owners after the security … [Read more...]

Senior advisor of the Urban Development Authority Weerasena Adhikari says that 5,000 more houses will be constructed and handed over to the low income families in Colombo city before the end of this year. These houses are being constructed under the 60,000 new houses project. Participating in a media briefing in Colombo today, he added that the programme is being carried out without any racial or … [Read more...]

Five hundred more graduates are being recruited to the teacher service in the western province. They will be assigned for teaching the subjects of mathematics, information technology, drawing and western music. The letters of appointment will be handed over at the New Town Hall, Colombo on the 22nd of this month. The relevant graduates were called for interviews after receiving their … [Read more...]

Secretary general of the Tamil United Liberation Front V. Ananda Sangari has extended his gratitude to President Mahinda Rajapakse on the commencement of a train service to Jaffna. The President during his three day official tour in North has vested in the general public many important development projects. The secretary general adds that therefore, that the wholehearted respect of the people in … [Read more...]

The Ceylon Electricity Board is preparing to implement many programmes to get more closer to the consumers. Additional general manager of the Board M.G. Thilakaratne says that new connections will be given within a day. A mobile group of the power CEB will arrive at the location to connect the supply if the charges were paid and the relevant documents were presented. The programme is currently … [Read more...]

Director General of Pensions Sunil Hettiarachchi says that a new circular will be issued before the end of this month for the retiring government servants to receive their pensions without delay. The delays in the issuing of payments have been fully eliminated. The director general adds that annually, between 25 thousand to 35 thousand officials retire from government service. The aim is to … [Read more...]