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No girlfriends on foreign service – Ajith

Sunday, 22nd February 2015 By Sulochana Ramiah Mohan The government will, within the next fortnight, appoint its diplomatic mission heads world-wide and reinstate the diplomats who were interdicted without valid reasons ...

improvement in Lanka’s DBI

By Zahrah Imtiaz The World Bank's Doing Business Index (DBI) 2015 reported that Sri Lanka's ranking for this year had improved to 99 (out of 189) when compared to the rank of 105 last year. In simple terms it means it i ...

Lankan Embassy used as weapons sales centre

By Gagani Weerakoon and Skandha Gunasekara The government yesterday disclosed, in Parliament, that a Sri Lankan ambassador, during last regime, had used the Sri Lankan mission, in a prominent country, to sell weapons. F ...

Five sub committees to assist Cabinet

The Government will appoint five cabinet sub-committees to make suitable recommendations pertaining to specific areas or issues to facilitate the decision-making process of the Cabinet in its endeavour to promote good g ...

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