NEWS WEEK

SLO News Week

Jan- 2019 -

16 January

GOVERNMENT TO NEGOTIATE WITH IMF

A Sri Lankan delegation led by Minister of Finance and Mass Media Mangala Samaraweera arrived in Washington D.C. to hold talks on
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16 January

PROMISE OF HOUSING FOR ALL BY 2025

The Sri Lankan government aims to ensure housing for all by 2025 and also seeks to achieve a target of 20,000 newly reawakened villages
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16 January

E-HEALTH CARD DISTRIBUTION PROJECT

E-health cards will be issued to the entire population from February onwards, according to Minister of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous
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16 January

‘MUST PHOTOGRAPH’ TRAVEL LOCATION

Colombo is the location that travellers most want to take a picture of – as revealed by a new research commissioned by Huawei to celebrate
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7 January

PROSPECT OF EXITING FATF GREY LIST

Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) Dr. Indrajit Coomaraswamy has expressed confidence that Sri Lanka will be taken off
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7 January

NEW LAGGALA GREEN TOWN NOW READY

The new Laggala green town – constructed on a 75 hectare plot of land – will be inaugurated by President Maithripala Sirisena on 8 January
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7 January

FOREIGN INVESTMENT INFLOW TO RISE

The Sri Lankan government is hoping to bring in foreign direct investments (FDI) worth US$ 3 billion in 2019 with discussions on several
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7 January

POVERTY ALLEVIATION ON THE AGENDA

President Maithripala Sirisena kick-started the new year by emphasising the need to eliminate poverty in the country
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2 January

SPEAKER’S PLEA TO RELIGIOUS LEADERS

At a special meeting with multi-religious representatives, Speaker Karu Jayasuriya made a plea for leaders to raise their voices against
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2 January

COMBATING THE ILLEGAL DRUG TRADE

The campaign against the illegal drug trade in the country has gathered pace over the past few months with a special programme initiated
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