President Anura Kumara Dissanayake met with representatives of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) this afternoon (12) at the Presidential Secretariat.
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Ms. Sanda Ojiambo, Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations and CEO of the United Nations Global Compact, accompanied by a delegation, met with Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya on 11 August at Temple Trees.
The Lagalla new Drinking Water Project, constructed at a cost of Rs. 5 billion to provide clean drinking water to around 24,500 people in 6,800 families in the Lagalla Divisional Secretariat Division of the Matale District, is scheduled to be vested with the public today (12).
Showers or thundershowers will occur at times in Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya, Galle and Matara districts.
A meeting between President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and a senior delegation from China Communications Construction Company Limited (CCCC), led by Zhang Bingnan, was held this afternoon (11) at the Presidential Secretariat.
A meeting between President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and small and medium-scale paddy mill owners was held at the Presidential Secretariat this morning (11) to discuss securing the contribution of small and medium-scale businesses towards maintaining a stable price for paddy and ensuring that paddy is purchased from farmers at a fair price.
The Cabinet has approved awarding the contract for the construction of three new fuel storage tanks at the Muthurajawela Terminal.
The Cabinet has approved obtaining a USD 100 million financing facility from the International Development Association (IDA) of the World Bank Group for the Integrated Regional Development Programme aimed at accelerating sustainable regional development and economic growth in Sri Lanka’s Northern and Eastern Provinces.
The Government is committed to reforming the inefficient public transport system and providing the public with a convenient, affordable, safe and efficient transport service, Cabinet Spokesman and Minister of Health and Mass Media Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa said.
Showers will occur at times in Sabaragamuwa province and in Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya, Galle and Matara districts.
Council focuses on death penalty for drug-related offences
Commercial-scale Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) being installed at 16 electricity transmission substations across the country are nearing completion and are expected to be connected to the national grid in early September.
Construction work on the 37-kilometre Kadawatha–Meerigama section, the first phase of the Central Expressway Project, has exceeded 53%, according to the Ministry of Transport and Highways.
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