Unpaid bills delay road projects
Construction of roads and highways, a penchant of
the Rajapaksa regime, which turned into a well-spring to amass
wealth, ran into serious difficulty when the government was left
with a hefty outstanding bill of Rs. 38.178 billion to be paid to
local contractors for work done up to December 31, 2014.
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‘FDIs will drive future economic growth’
Sri Lanka’s business environment is driven by
politics, and it needs to change regardless of the people who sit in
Government. Our future Government hopes to put in place a framework
to ensure that confidence will return and business will operate
without political interference,
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General Election manifestos
UNP: A new country in 60 months JVP: Focus on
building a modern society:
The United National Front for Good Governance
released its election manifesto, ‘A New Country in 60 Months: Five
Point Plan’ at the Viharamahadevi Park in Colombo on Thursday. The
manifesto outlines the policy of the UNP-led front for the next five
years. Its five main points are, growing the economy,
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Lotus Tower project:
Political interference in lift contract - TRC
More skulduggery of the former regime under the
pretext of development has come to light with the cost of the Lotus
Tower project on D.R. Wijewardene Mawatha exceeding the initial
investment due to the delay and haphazard planning and
implementation of the mega sky rise complex.
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