2021

As 2021 hits its halfway mark, the Hambantota International Port (HIP) records an overall growth in its volumes and diversification of services with the overall cargo handling volume increasing from 420,421 MT by the end of June 2020,…
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The C-19 Sinopharm vaccines were administered to 4,000 people in four locations in the Hambantota District which included 500 tourist hotel staff, tour guides, tour drivers and 150 safari drivers. This initiative was made by…
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Postgraduate Institute of Management (PIM) recently announced the appointment of Dr. Senaka Kelum Gamage as its new Director to lead the institute. Armed with over two decades of experience in university-level education…
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At a meeting held with the Ceylon Association of Shipping Agents (CASA) on July 7, at Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA), Chairman Capt. Nihal Keppetipola stated that steps would be taken to expedite work at the East Container Terminal…
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UNP Leader and former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said the present government requires a national policy that cannot be changed from time to time. He said that the his Party is committed to have such national policy for…
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The Women Parliamentarians’ Caucus has recommended that all electoral laws in Sri Lanka should be coded as one electoral code and proposed that the Parliamentary Select Committee on electoral law reforms make necessary amendments.…
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The Sri Lanka Freedom Party, which formed a coalition government with the UNP, was able to win the General Election as they supported Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna(SLPP); if not by contesting alone, they won’t be able to secure at least…
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Two SriLankan Airlines flights UL869 and UL865 arrived from Beijing with a consignment of 2 million doses of the Sinopharm vaccine.This is the single largest batch of vaccines flown to Sri Lanka so far. SriLankan Airlines is supporting…
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 President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Friday inspected the 200 acre land belonging to the Millewa Estate in Horana, where the prison complex in Borella is to be relocated. Justice Minister Ali Sabry PC, State Ministers Lohan Ratwatte,Vidura…
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Navy divers on Saturday evening found the bodies of the six year old twins and their grandfather who drowned in the Duwe Modera river in Kosgoda. These two boys are Grade One students of St.Aloysius College, Galle. This mishap had…
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