2021

Energy Minister Udaya Gammanpila said that his problem is not the provision of 40 per cent of the Yugadanavi power plant but the monopoly of a gas supply to Sri Lanka by a US company for five years. Gammanpila said that the Ministry…
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The software engineer of Epic Lanka Technologies arrested in connection with missing data of the National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA) has been remanded until October 6. The case was taken up before Colombo Additional…
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Around 5,000 metric tons of food is wasted every day in Sri Lanka. The Minister of Environment Mahinda Amaraweera stated that 5,000 metric tons of cooked and uncooked food is wasted every day in our country. The Minister was…
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JVP Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake accused the Government of favouring rice mafia groups instead of protecting the consumers and farmers. Addressing a media briefing yesterday, he said that the Government’s price control has not…
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US President Joe Biden has publicly received a COVID-19 booster jab, urging more Americans to get vaccinated amid a recent increase of infections linked in part to the highly contagious Delta variant. Biden on Monday rejected…
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Local Tags: COVID19 coronavirus Sri Lanka PDF File: https://www.dailynews.lk/sites/default/files/news/2021/09/28/Vaccination%20Centers%20on%2028.09.2021.pdf Tuesday, September 28, 2021 - 11:08
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317 persons were arrested yesterday for not wearing face masks and failing to maintain social distancing, stated the Police Media Division. So far 78,914 suspects have been arrested for not wearing face masks and maintaining…
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Environment Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said that steps have been taken to further strengthen the National Environmental Act and to include 42 new amendments to the Act to suit contemporary times in order to carry out the program to…
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The Information and Communication Technology Agency (ICTA) announces that it successfully concluded the judging of 'e-Swabhimani – Digital Social Impact Awards’. This year, more than 325 entries were received recording the highest…
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743 more individuals recovered from COVID-19 bringing the total recoveries in the country to 456,087, the Epidemiology Unit confirmed
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