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LocalTags: Print EditionAccording to the Director General of Health 13 people covid-19 cases were reported yesterday (23 May) in Sri Lanka. COVID 19 related death has also been reported yesterday. The number of Covid-infected people…

LocalState Minister of Foreign Affairs Tharaka Balasuriya and his delegation with Deputy Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia Waleed Al Khereiji and his delegation, at the first session of the Sri Lanka–Saudi Joint Commission. Tags: Print…

LocalTags: Print EditionPuttalam District Member of Parliament Ali Sabri Rahim has been taken into custody by Sri Lanka Customs for possession of undeclared gold. It is reported that the MP was caught along with 3.5 kg of gold at Katunayake…

LocalTags: Print EditionThe Police fired tear gas to disperse a protest march of Peradeniya University students today (23 May) It is stated that the Peradeniya University Students Union started this protest march and was planning to carry…

LocalTags: Print EditionMinister of power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera announced that the final draft of the New Electricity Act and the transition program will be submitted to the Attorney General’s department next week. The final draft…

LocalTags: Print EditionAccording to Cabinet Spokesman Minister Bandula Gunawardena the Cabinet has approved the amendment of the Ayurveda Act at the Cabinet meeting held today (23). The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the proposal…

LocalTags: Print EditionSeven bodies have been recovered by Sri Lankan divers engaged in SAR (search and rescue) operations on the Chinese fishing vessel that was capsized in the Indian ocean. SAR operations were undertaken on the request…

LocalTags: Print EditionThe Director General of Health Services has stated that a number of Covid-19 pateients and deaths have been reported from Sri Lanka yesterday (22). According to the Government Information Department 9 people have…

LocalTags: Print EditionThe inflation in April 2023 determined under the National Consumer Price Index (NCPI) marginally decreased to 33.6 percent from   49.2 percent recorded in March 2023, the Department of Census and Statistics reported…

LocalTags: Print EditionThe National Water Supply and Drainage Board (NWSDB) says that the driver who was arrested by Kalutara Division Crime Investigation Unit recently with a stock of ‘Ice’ drugs worth Rs.4.8 million is not their driver.…