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Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday inaugurated the development of 500 Villages islandwide as “Saubhagya Production Villages”. The first three villages under the programme,namely Mandaramnuwara in Nuwara Eliya, Uduiriyagolla in…
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The Government has taken a firm decision to fine Rs.100,000 from traders selling rice above the stipulated prices mentioned by the Government effective from July 1. Agriculture Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage said the Gazette…
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Sri Lanka has updated the European Union on ongoing efforts to amend a Prevention of Terrorism Law after arrests of a minority poet, a top police detective among other incidents prompted warnings that GSP+ trade preferences may be…
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Sri Lanka’s rupee is being quoted in the kerb market at 225.00/226.50 to the US dollar as unusual demand for currency notes emerged over the past two weeks amid forex trading curbs in the formal market, participants said as money printing…
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Sri Lanka’s bakers are planning to increase the price of bread by 10 rupees (around 16 per cent for a 60 rupee one pound loaf) after wheat flour prices were raised by a key milling group, a media report said. Sri Lanka’s Aruna Newspaper…
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A total of 1,864 COVID-19 positive cases were reported in Sri Lanka today, stated the Epidemiology Unit. The total count of positive coronavirus cases found in Sri Lanka currently sits at 259,089 and 225,952 of them have made…
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47 deaths reported due to COVID-19 within 24-hours, stated the Department of Government Information
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The ban on Passenger arrival from Middle Eastern countries has been lifted from today, the Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka said (CAASL). The decision was taken based on the instructions received from the Ministry of Health and…
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Issuing a statement Department of Motor Traffic (DMT) announced that normal functions at its offices in Narahenpita and Werahera will be resumed. Further it stated ,the services will only be available for persons residing within the…
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7,632 persons were undergoing quarantine at 73 hotels and tri service-managed Quarantine Centres as at this morning, stated the National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID-19.
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