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Govt. considering opening of BIA before August 1: Minister

editorJun 14, 20200

(UTV | COLOMBO) – The government is considering the reopening of the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA), Katunayake prior to August 1,Tourism and Aviation Minister Prasanna

PM sworn-in as Social Empowerment Minister

editorJun 2, 20200

(UTV | COLOMBO) – Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa was sworn in as the Minister of Social Empowerment and Estate Infrastructure Development, the portfolio previously held

Israel gets first Ethiopia-born minister, in Pnina Tamano-Shata

editorMay 15, 20200

(UTV | COLOMBO) – Israel is set to get its first Ethiopia-born minister, with the nomination of a female MP brought there in a secret

Coronavirus: Iran’s deputy health minister tests positive as outbreak worsens

editorFeb 26, 20200

(UTV|Coronavirus-Iran) – Iran’s deputy health minister and an MP have both tested positive for the new coronavirus, as it struggles to contain an outbreak that

Yahya Jammeh faces arrest if he returns to Gambia – minister

editorJan 21, 20200

(UTV|Banjul) – Former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh will be arrested if he attempts to return to the country, a minister has told the BBC. Justice

Min. Ravi K. ordered to record statement with CID within two weeks

editorAug 29, 20190

(UTV|COLOMBO) – Minister of Power & Energy Ravi Karunanayake has been ordered to provide a statement to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) within two weeks.

G7 summit: Iranian foreign minister attends unexpected talks

editorAug 26, 20190

(UTV|COLOMBO) – Iran’s foreign minister made a brief and unannounced visit to the G7 summit in France on Sunday. Mohammad Javad Zarif attended side-line talks in

Dress code of Muslim females will change under Police Act – Patali

editorAug 22, 20190

(UTV|COLOMBO) – Minister of Megapolis and Western Development Patali Champika Ranawaka says that a law on the clothes and the face covering of Muslim females will be

“I will contest the Presidential Election” – Sajith Premadasa

editorAug 19, 20190

(UTV|COLOMBO) – The Housing, Construction and Cultural Affairs Minister Sajith Premadasa, for the first time, asserted that he would contest for the presidential election for

“We Don’t Have a national industrial policy” – Minister Buddhika Pathirana

editorAug 6, 20190

(UTV|COLOMBO) – State Minister Buddhika Pathirana says that Sri Lanka is a country which still does not have a national industrial policy and that only now