Govt targets revenue growth of
20 pc of GDP
Poorer sections
to benefit:
Human Resources
Senior Minister and COPE chairman D
E W Gunasekera yesterday said the
government has initiated a programme
to increase state revenue to 20
percent of the GDP as soon as
possible to enable the poorer
sections of society to enjoy the
maximum benefits from government
revenue, than at present, where it
is 14.5 percent of the GDP.
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North open to all Lankans -
Defence Secy
Defence and
Urban Development Ministry Secretary
Gotabhaya Rajapaksa yesterday said
Sri Lankans, irrespective of their
ethnicity and other differences,
should be able to live in any part
of the country. He said all Sri
Lankans regardless of their race
should have the freedom to live in
any part of the country. In an
interview with the BBC, Secretary
Rajapaksa said it is not appropriate
to view the Northern Province over
which a war was fought, as a
predominantly Tamil area.
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New disaster resistant measures
targeting schools, highrises
School and
student safety and high-rise
building protection will be given
major focus as the country’s
disaster management experts
introduce a ‘framework of action”
for disaster resilience in due
course. Disaster Management Center’s
Director General Maj Gen Gamini
Hettiarachchi yesterday told the
Daily News that they are working out
guidelines for student safety that
would make schools a safer place for
children in times of disaster of any
kind, be it an earth tremor or
floods.
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Consumers to receive an “all
details” electricity bill
The Public
Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka
has requested the Ceylon Electricity
Board to provide all information
pertaining to the calculation of
electricity bills, including taxes,
subsidies and any other charges
related to electricity consumed,
Director General of PUCSL Damitha
Kumarasinghe in a media release
states.
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President to visit Thailand
President
Mahinda Rajapaksa will leave for
Thailand today (Tuesday 29) as a
guest of the Royal Thai government.
During his visit to Thailand, the
President will hold bilateral talks
with Thai Prime Minister Yingluck
Shinawatra. Prime Minister
Shinawatra will host a luncheon in
honour of President Rajapaksa,
according to a release issued by
Presidential Spokesman and
International Media Advisor Bandula
Jayasekera.
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Walallawita Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman Udeni Atukorala was arrested by Bribery Commission officials for allegedly soliciting a Rs 1.5 million bribe from the Bentara Paradeshiya Sabha chairman. It is reported that he had accepted the bribe to provide a permit to transport soil. 
