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The budget is approved
The interim budget presented by President Ranil Wickremesinghe as the Minister of Finance for the coming period of this year has been passed in Parliament today with 115 majority votes.
120 votes were also received in...
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30 murders in the underworld in last 3 months – 18 in the Western P. and 12 in the Southern P.
All the 30 underworld murders in the past three months have happened in the Western and Southern provinces.
18 of those murders took place in the Western Province, while only 12 took place in the Southern...
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Basil is allowed to leave the country
The Supreme Court has today (2) given permission to former Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa to travel abroad until January 15th.
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Who does not vote for the interim budget?
In today's interim budget vote in Parliament, there are reports of preparations to abstain from voting by the group led by Mr. Dullas Alahapperuma of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna who joined the opposition and...
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“We will have to endure these difficulties at least until next December” – Governor of the Central Bank
Central Bank Governor (Dr.) Mr. Nandalal Weerasinghe says that solving the current crisis in the country is something that cannot be done in two months and he believes that he will have to endure these...
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National Paper Corporation to provide papers to print lottery
The National Lottery Board has signed an agreement with National Paper Corporation to purchase the paper required by the National Lottery Board for lottery printing.
The Government Printing Corporation entered into this agreement with the National...
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Litro gas to reduce price further
The company has decided to reduce the price of Litro gas again.
Muditha Peiris, the president of the company, said that Litro has decided to reduce the price of gas from next Monday (05).
New prices will...
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Power cut schedule for today (02)
Following is the schedule of power cuts to be carried out across the country today (02).
A 2-hours and 20 minutes power cut is planned across the country for today.
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The new retirement age limit in government service is not applicable to some employees
The government announces that the reduction of the mandatory retirement age of government employees to 60 years in the Interim Budget will not apply to the services whose retirement age was earlier revised on the...
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Sri Lankan scientist Dr. Piyumi Wijesekera has been chosen to experience Mars
America's NASA has announced that Dr. Piyumi Wijesekera, a scientist of Sri Lankan origin, has been selected for a 45-day simulated Mars mission.
One of...
Chamari’s record-breaking 195* brings a memorable victory to Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka women's cricket team managed to equal the ODI series after winning by six wickets in the 3rd ODI against South Africa yesterday.
Chamari...
A new visa system from today
The Immigration Department says that the implementation of the new visa system and the new online system will start from today (17).
In relation to...
State honors to late Sarvodaya founder AT Ariyaratne
Dr. AT Aryaratne, founder of Sarvodaya, passed away yesterday (16) at a private hospital in Colombo.
Mr. AT Ariyaratne, who was 92 years old, died...
IMF-Sri Lanka’s next steps were discussed in Washington
Mr. Kenji Okamura, the Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, has engaged in a discussion with the Government of Sri Lanka yesterday...