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LocalTags: Print EditionPresident Ranil Wickremesinghe instructed the Minister of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs Mr Vidura Wickramanayake to prepare and submit a Cabinet memorandum for the upcoming activities of the Sinhala…

LocalTags: Print EditionAccording to the Meteorological department, the well-marked low pressure area over the southeast bay of Bengal is likely to move west north-westwards towards the eastern coast of Sri Lanka on 01 February. Such a…

Ceremonial presentation of Sannas Patra to AtamasthanadhipathiLocalPresident Ranil Wickremesinghe presenting the ‘Sri Sannas Patra’ to Atamasthanadhipathi and Chief Sanghanayaka of the Nuwara Kalaviya Most Venerable Dr. Pallegama…

LocalTags: Print EditionAgriculture Minister Mahinda Amaraweera stated that the Government has allocated Rs. 16,000 million (or Rs. 16 billion) for the purchase of organic fertilizer in the 2022/23 Maha Season. President Ranil…

LocalDharma Sri AbeyratneTags: Print EditionState Minister of Women and Child Affairs Geetha Kumarasinghe said the Government has initiated gender-based laws to address inequalities affecting the full enjoyment of women’s rights. Such laws…

LocalTharanga RuwanpathiranaTags: Print EditionIn 2022, from 19,740 road accidents reported in Sri Lanka, 2,371 are fatal accidents, according to the annual data reports of the Police Media Unit.   According to data, majority of them…

LocalTags: Print EditionAfter the Mobile Phone Importers’ Association apprised Minister Manusha Nanayakkara of the smuggling of mobile phones into the country using individuals as carriers, he explained the matter to State Minister of…

LocalTags: Print EditionPolice said that several roads around Galle Face will be closed while traffic will be restricted on some other roads on February 1,2,3 for the Independence Day (4) from 5 am to 12 noon. However, traffic police…

LocalTags: Print EditionThe Gazette notification by the Election Commission, declaring the Local Government Election date and other details, is still due, the Government Information Department said in a special news today. The release by…

LocalTags: Print EditionThe growth rate of the economy in 2022 was -11%. It could be -3.5 or -4.0% this year. But from 2024, we will take this economy to positive growth. We are creating a strong country that does not bow down to anyone and…