Eighteen Cabinet Ministers were sworn in by President Maithripala Sirisena at the Presidential Secretariat this morning. This was the second Cabinet reshuffle that took place within the first four months of the year. Also, four acting Cabinet Ministers…
We’ve been to a number of Google IO Extended Sri Lanka programmes over the years and they’ve all been quite eventful. For 2018, once again, Dialog Axiata, in collaboration with GDG Sri Lanka and Ideamart will be hosting the Google IO Extended Sri Lanka 2018 conference. The event will be held at …
ECONOMYNEXT – Dinesh Weerakkody, former chairman of Commercial Bank of Ceylon, has been appointed chairman of Sri Lanka’s Hatton National Bank, a stock exchange filing said.. Weerakkody joined HNB’s board last year as a non-independent, non-executive director. He has now been …
ECONOMYNEXT – Fitch Ratings said it affirmed Sri Lanka’s consumer durables retailer Singer’s ‘A-(lka)’ credit rating on improving leverage and sales volumes. Singer, a unit of the listed Hayleys Group, last traded at 39.60 rupees. “We believe the demand for consumer durables will recover in the …
Former Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe was appointed as the Minister of Higher Education and Cultural Affairs by the President at the cabinet reshuffle happening at the Presidential Secretariat. Meanwhile, former Wildlife Minister Ravindra Samar…
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena has appointed new ministers in cabinet re-shuffle, following the defeat of a no-confidence vote against Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and a drubbing at a local government poll. President Sirisena had promised a more ‘scientific’ …
The new cabinet appointment is being made and sworn in. – A section only. Given below the latest: Vijith Vijayamuni Zoysaa appointed as Minister of Fisheries, Aquatic Resources Development and Rural Economy. D.M. Swaminathan appointed as Minister of Re…
May 01, 2018 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s new Cabinet of Ministers was sworn in before President Maithripala Sirisena at the Presidential Secretariat a short while ago. Following are the Ministers and their portfolios: LIVE UPDATE. Lakshman Kiriella – Minister of Public Enterprise and Kandy Development.