Cabinet approval was granted August (19) to provide employment to 10,000 more graduates under the programme formulated by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to employ unemployed graduates.

Short and long-term plans to develop passenger transport
Measures to commence combined train and bus services
Directives to implement joint time table
Pre-paid card system soon
Normal buses to transport passengers on expressways

Scope of the State Ministries explained
Discussions begin with Batik and Handloom industry
A strategy to uplift the Batik industry

External Affairs Minister of India, Dr. S Jaishankar called Hon. Dinesh Gunawardena, to congratulate him on his reappointment as Minister of Foreign Relations of Sri Lanka. Dr. S Jaishankar conveyed that he looks forward to working closely with Minister Gunawardena to take India- Sri Lanka partnership to greater heights as part of India’s neighborhood first policy.