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Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) founder Basil Rajapaksa can make a significant contribution to strengthening the country’s economy, State Minister of Backward Rural Areas Development and Promotion of Domestic Animal Husbandry and…
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The Army established new ‘walk in’ Community Vaccination Centres across the country and commenced administering the first dose of Sinopharm vaccine to civilians from yesterday onwards in a bid to accelerate the vaccination drive. Here,…
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Although the Government took a decision to ban chemical fertilizer and other such inputs needed for agriculture, they have failed to provide adequate amounts of organic fertilizer and other organic inputs to farmers in time, resulting…
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Former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said that the problem facing the Government now is not the chemical fertilizer issue but the lack of foreign exchange. Wickremesinghe said that the result of using only organic…
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The pneumonia condition of the lion named ‘Thor’ who was infected with COVID-19 at the Dehiwala Zoo has aggravated, Minister of State for Wildlife Wimalaweera Dissanayake said. He said special treatment is being given to the…
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According to Maldivian media reports, the Sri Lanka Police and the Maldives Embassy in Sri Lanka have confirmed that the Maldivian arrested in connection with the incident pertaining to the sexual exploitation of a 15-year-old child in…
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Sri Lanka’s overall budget deficit of 520.5 billion rupees for the first four months of 2021 has overtaken revenues of 481.7 billion rupees in a remarkable development official data showed, following tax cuts in December 2019 compounded by…
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Sri Lankan banks’ performance in 2020 and 1Q21 exceeded Fitch Ratings’ initial expectations, thanks to stimulus and regulatory relief measures. “However, we believe risks to the banks’ performance and operating environment remain, due…
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Sri Lanka is treading on the path of John Law, an 18 century French Mercantilist who drove France to a monetary meltdown with an early central bank, in implementing so-called Modern Monetary Theory debauching the currency, an opposition…
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Saragadeniya Watta in Yatiwawala Grama Niladhari Division (Katugasthota Police Area) in Kandy District has been isolated with effect from 6am this morning until further notice.
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