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Allowances to be doubled for teachers after Cabinet nod:LocalSubhashini SenanayakeTags: Print EditionThe Examinations Department has called for applications once again from teachers for the evaluation of Advanced Level answer scripts.…

LocalTags: Print EditionTrade Unions of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) yesterday said that the news item appeared in the Daily News under the caption ‘Talking Point’ is false and they took part in the trade union action on March 1…

LocalTags: Print EditionThe Sri Lankan rupee has appreciated to a buying rate of Rs. 343.97per USD to and a selling rate of Rs. 356.73 per USD today (02 March) according to CBCL daily buying and selling rate, based on the average currency…

LocalTags: Print EditionIn the seven decades that ensued, the Sri Lanka Air Force has come under the leadership of 17 commanders. Today, its leadership is in the able hands of its 18th Commander, Air Marshal Sudarshana Pathirana. The Sri…

LocalTags: Print EditionThe Deputy Ambassador of the European Union delegation met the Speaker Mr. Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena at the Parliament recently (27 March). The Deputy Ambassador invited the Speaker for an program to develop mutual…

LocalTags: Print Edition A person who was carrying two parcels of 04kgs of Kerala Ganja in a bus traveling from Jaffna to Mannarwas arrested yesterday (01 March) during the search conducted by the Sri Lanka Navy and the police at the…

LocalTags: Print EditionFirst group of Chinese tourists arrived in Sri Lanka last night (01 March) since the COVI-19 pandemic. Group arrived on a specially chartered Sri Lankan airlines aircraft. (UL1881) Around 120 tourists arrived from…

LocalTags: Print EditionBloomberg reported yesterday (01 March), that, Premier Li Keqiang told the head of the International Monetary Fund that China is open to participating in multilateral efforts to help heavily indebted nations “in a…

LocalTags: Print EditionPrime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena celebrates his 74th birthday today (2). He was born in 1949 as the third son of late Minister Philip Gunawardena and Parliamentarian Kusuma Gunawardena. An Old Boy of the Royal…

LocalTags: Print EditionPresident Ranil Wickremesinghe has given instructions to digitize investment information to make it easily and quickly accessible to interested parties. The purpose of this move is to encourage and promote investment…