(11.06.2012)     The country will achieve self-sufficiency in milk production by 2016 with the current production increasing to one million litres per day which is 50 percent of the national requirement, Secretary to the Ministry of Livestock and Rural Community Development Dr. K.M.T. Kendaragama told a media conference on Thursday.

(11.06.2012)      Sri Lanka will achieve a per capita income level of US $ 5,400 in the near future. It will enable us to stop seeking foreign assistance for development projects, Irrigation and Water Resources Management Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva said.

(11.06.2012)     President Mahinda Rajapaksa 8th met His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican in Rome. Earlier, during his visit to Britain in connection with the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of Queen Elizabeth II, President Rajapaksa had a series of useful meetings with a wide range of British political leaders.

(11.06.2012)      Sri Lanka is looking at the possibility of attracting a record two billion US dollars in foreign direct investments to the country. The island is also looking at tourist arrival figures of one million and one million US dollars in revenue. One of the main reasons to set up these high goals is the dawn of peace which was achieved through the world’s biggest humanitarian operation which has baffled many countries that have been fighting terrorism for over three decades.

(10.06.2012)Steps will be taken under the Divi Neguma national programme to purchase excess cattle from large-scale dairy farmers and provide them to other farmers willing to take up dairy farming, said Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa.

(06.06.2012) The insurance industry has recorded an annual growth in terms of overall Gross Written Premium (GWP) in the segments of general insurance and long term insurance. The overall Gross Written Premium (GWP) Income for Long Term Insurance and General Insurance businesses was Rs. 78,512 million compared with the previous year amounting to Rs. 66,253 million which reflected a growth of 18.50%.

(06.06.2012) Over two million new mobile handsets were sold last year in Sri Lanka with a total market value of Rs. 22.4 billion.The bulk of phones that were marketed were Duel SIM phones mostly manufactured in China. This segment made up over 35% of total sales. Android emerged as the most preferred high end segment with half of all smart phones being shipped based on this platform.

(06.06.2012) The Mahinda Rajapaksa National Tele Cinema Park (MRNTCP) at Ranmihitenna which is a for film makers of both local and foreign is to be equipped with Hi-Tec multipurpose studio within the park premises itself.

(06.06.2012) On a proposal made by the President as Minister of Ports and Highways the Cabinet gave its approval to award the contract to a Consortium from France for the construction of 46 bridges under the financial assistance from the government of France.

(06.06.2012) The Hambantota Magampura International Port will enter the transhipment trade when the ship Ellision Sun docks at the harbour bringing a consignment of 1,000 motor cars from Chennai, India today. The 1,000 vehicles loaded at the port will be re-exported to Algeria aboard the ship Asian Legend on June 15, said Sri Lanka Ports Authority chairman Dr Priyath B Wickrema.

(05.06.2012)     Metro Colombo Urban Development Project, aimed at flood and drainage management in the Colombo city and to bring about qualitative and visible changes in the metro Colombo region considered as the international gateway to Sri Lanka is now under way, to be completed in the next five years to turn Colombo into ‘a truly world class city’.

(05.06.2012)    Academic Facilities at Kotalawela Defence University opened to public

(02.06.2012)Unprecedented development in Northern Province, More allocations to strengthen reconciliation process.The government has spent over Rs one million per family in the Northern Province during the past two and a half years under the Uthuru Wasanthaya programme on infrastructure development to revive the devastation caused by terrorism, Northern Governor Major General G A Chandrasiri said yesterday.

(31.05.2012)     President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Tuesday requested the Sri Lankan business community in Thailand to invest in tourism and other industries in Sri Lanka.

(31.05.2012)     Thailand will render its fullest cooperation to develop agriculture, fisheries and education sectors in Sri Lanka, Thailand Prime Minister Yingluck Sinawatra said. During a bilateral discussion with President Mahinda Rajapaksa, the Thailand Prime Minister recalled the historic relations between Sri Lanka and Thailand.