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President Ranil Wickremesinghe, as the Minister of Finance, Economic Stabilization and National Policy, has instructed the Treasury Secretary to provide provisions only for essential government expenses in order to maintain the public service until the state revenue situation improves.The President’s Media Division stated that the release of funds for government activities as previously done has a negative impact on the provision of essential services to the people and is an obstacle to the recovery process of the country’s economy.The President’s Media Division further states in a statement that President Ranil Wickremesinghe has also informed the Cabinet about this.Find out more…

A father and daughter who went to take selfie photos near Kumbukkan Oya in the Tambala area of ​​Polonnaruwa have drowned yesterday (07) afternoon.It is reported that this father and daughter fell into the stream while going to take a selfie. The two who fell into the stream got swept away by a current and disappeared.Police, local residents and police lifeguards, navy officers and volunteer divers had launched an operation to find the two missing persons.The bodies of the drowned father and daughter were found in the Paranagama area, two kilometres away from where they had fallen into the river.A…

Nowadays, every housewife enters the kitchen of her house with the expectation of making delicious food. Pineapple is a delicious fruit that is loved by both young and old. Pineapple, which can be grown under any climate conditions, is a wonderful fruit that can be harvested in your garden with little care, instead of buying from the market. The purpose of this article is to inform you about how to prepare pineapple curry using such delicious pineapples.Materials Required:MethodRemove the pulp from two well-peeled ripe pineapples and cut them into squares. After that, put a pot of the required size on…

The Election Commission has submitted an affidavit to the Supreme Court requesting that appropriate orders be issued to the government institutions including the Secretary of the Ministry of Finance to facilitate the holding of the local government polls.Accordingly, the Election Commissioner-General stated in the affidavit that he sent a letter to the Secretary of the Ministry of Energy on the 9th of January and requested to increase the amount of fuel allocated to the vehicles and generators used for the elections.However, it has been shown in the relevant affidavit that there was no good response.In view of the current situation,…

Lasith Croospulle, the opening batsman of the Sri Lanka ‘A’ team, managed to record his second century against the visiting England Lions team yesterday (07th). Croospulle scored that century on the first day of the second four-day cricket match which started yesterday at the Galle International Cricket Stadium against England Lions.More than half of the number of overs scheduled for yesterday in the match was wasted due to rain and thus when the game was stopped yesterday, Sri Lanka ‘A’ team had accumulated 190 runs with the loss of 3 wickets. The century-winning opening batsman Lasith Croospulle had scored an…

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has taken steps to urgently send a survival team consisting of experienced experts to Turkey, expressing his condolences for the Turkish people affected by the earthquake. After the earthquake, operations to rescue the Turkish citizens stuck in the rubble are going on 24 hours a day, and the Turkish government has received international support.As soon as he saw the damage caused to Turkey by the earthquake, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who was shocked, said that he would support Turkey in every possible way. The British survival team that went to Turkey consisted of 79 people.…

The Department of Meteorology says that there may be several periods of rain in Eastern, Uva and North Central provinces and in Hambantota, Matale and Mullaitivu districts.The department stated that rain or thundershowers may occur at a few places in the evening or night in Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and Galle and Matara districts.The Department of Meteorology urges individuals to take the required precautions to reduce the risks brought on by storm-related lightning and transient high winds.

Sri Lanka signed a new agreement related to climate change research and building a green economy.This agreement was signed between the Government of Sri Lanka and the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) for the advancement of climate action and green growth development in Sri Lanka.The agreement was signed at the President’s Office in the presence of President Ranil Wickremesinghe and the Chairman of the World Green Growth Institute and former Secretary General of the United Nations Mr Ban Ki Moon.Mr Anil Jasinghe, Secretary of the Ministry of Environment and Mr Frank Rijsberman, Director General of the World Green Growth Institute,…

The Government Medical Officers Association says that they will launch a 24-hour token strike from 8:00 am today (08).According to this, the media secretary of the association Dr Chamil Weerasinghe stated that this token strike is being implemented in protest against the government’s new tax policy and the government’s lack of proper response to the shortage of medicines in the country.The Government Medical Officers Association further stated that there will be no restriction on emergency treatment services during the strike period and all necessary measures have been taken to maintain emergency services.

The cabinet has approved instructing a draftsman to prepare a bill for the introduction of a bill for the proper management of funds owned by public institutions.The related Cabinet decision states that this has been submitted to Parliament by the President as the Minister of Finance, Economic Stabilization and National Policy as a 2022 interim budget proposal.Accordingly, the Cabinet decision further states that instructions have been given to prepare the Finance (Special Provisions) Bill in order to systematically monitor the statutory funds maintained by the Ministries, Departments and other government agencies and to implement a program for that purpose.Find out…