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LocalTags: Print EditionMeteorological department has announced that showers or thundershowers are expected to occur at times in Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya, Galle and Matara districts. It is reported that…

LocalGayan Kumara WeerasingheTags: Print EditionThe Valachchenai Police received a complaint that five fishermen had gone missing along with a boat which had gone to sea from the Trincomalee Cordway Fishing Port. Police say that the boat…

LocalPothupitiya Sumit PrematilakeBandaragama Bimal Jayasinghe and Halthota Vineetha ManelTags: Print EditionPanadura North Police said that a person riding a jet ski for fun in the Bolgoda Lake got tangled with a rope tied to the ferry…

LocalTags: Print EditionJay Jayasinghe, a Sri Lankan domiciled in Canada has cashed in to the tune of $35 million, claiming the top Lotto Max prize from the June 6 draw by the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG), CBC news reported.…

LocalAsela KURULUWANSATags: Print EditionThe Governing Body of the Peradeniya University has decided to sack Palitha Kumara, the former Director of the Physical Education Department of the university, who has been suspended for financial…

LocalTags: Print EditionFriday June 30 has been declared as a special bank holiday by the government. Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena as the Public Administration, Home Affairs and Provincial Councils and Local Government Minister made…

LocalTags: Print EditionExpired drugs worth millions of rupees stored in the Manampitiya Rural Hospital in Polonnaruwa district have been destroyed. According to a complaint received by the Health Department that expired medicines have been…

LocalBandula SeneviratneVavuniya North Group Corr.Tags: Print EditionNorthern Province Governor P. S. M. Charles said that a special model plan will be implemented together with the Provincial Education Ministry and the central government…

LocalTags: Print EditionThe Parliament Select Committee (PSC) investigating matters relating to the damage caused by both MT New Diamond and X-Press Pearl vessels have decided to to obtain evidence from the relevant institutions for a…

LocalIrangika RangeTags: Print EditionOpposition Leader Sajith Premadasa said in Parliament yesterday that 70 pilots have already left SriLankan Airlines in the last six months. He said that 18 more pilots will join Emirates this year as…