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LocalShiromi AbeyasingheTags: Print EditionThe Presidential Secretariat is slated to issue a circular in the coming week,   banning business class flights during official’s overseas visits for senior government officials including the…

Colombo Port City Economic CommissionLocalThe Select Committee met under the Chairmanship of Madhura Withanage. Tags: Print EditionThe Select Committee of Parliament to study the problems and difficulties that have arisen regarding the…

LocalTags: Print EditionPresident Ranil Wickremesinghe will open Sri Lanka's first foreign bird park and eco-tourism zone today, which was established at a cost of Rs.490 million close to the Hantana Tea Museum premises in Kandy. Spread…

LocalTags: Print EditionPresident Ranil Wickremesinghe will open Sri Lanka's first foreign bird park and eco-tourism zone tomorrow, which was established at a cost of Rs.490 million close to the Hantana Tea Museum premises in Kandy. Spread…

LocalTags: Print EditionSri Lankan born professor Gomika Udugamasooriya is among four University of Houston professors who have been named Senior Members of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) for their achievements in innovation that…

LocalPriyan de SilvaTags: Print EditionThree 17-year-old boys who went for a sea bath at Wellamadama, Matara yesterday (17) are missing after being swept into the sea. The three boys who are residents of Kamburupitiya and Makandura had left…

LocalBandaragama Bimal JayasingheTags: Print EditionA toddler was reported dead after she was run over by a car driven by her multi-millionaire uncle at their home in Kohuwala, Kalubowila yesterday. The one and a half year old toddler had…

LocalTags: Print EditionThe 116th death anniversary of Sir Henry Steel Olcott was held at his statue opposite the Fort Railway Station yesterday. Here, Principal of Ananda College, Colombo Lal Dissanayake garlanding the statue. Colombo…

LocalTags: Print EditionPrime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena said it is essential to purchase paddy at a reasonable price from the farmers in order to implement the program for providing subsidies to the lower-income families in the country.…

LocalTags: Print EditionThe Vice-Chancellor says that it has been decided to reopen the Buddhist and Pali University at Homagama Pitipana for academic activities. According to this decision, the university will be opened for first year…