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LocalTags: Print EditionThe appeal petition filed by former President Maithripala Sirisena seeking an order to release him from the cases filed by 109 families of those who were injured, permanently disabled and prejudiced by the Easter…

LocalTags: Print EditionMinister of Foreign Affairs Ali Sabry told Parliament today (22) that the country should learn lessons from the past, leave aside race, religion and caste and work to build the economy and make the Port City project…

LocalTags: Print EditionMoneragala Disaster Management Unit Assistant Director V. M. Ravindra Kumara said that a tremor of magnitude 3.3 on the Richter Scale occurred in the area of Anjaligama between Buttala and Wellawaya today (22) at…

LocalLahiru Fernando and T.K.G.KapilaTags: Print EditionThe remains of Lance Corporal M.G.L. Deshapriya of the Sri Lanka Army,  who passed away due to a cardiac arrest during the UN Peacekeeping mission in Mali was be brought to the country…

Three new companies to begin fuel imports, selling :LocalDharma Sri AbeyratneTags: Print EditionPower and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera said that the QR code system used to dispense fuel by fuel stations will be abolished within the…

LocalTags: Print EditionGinigathhena, Aliwatte Estate Police says that a fire that has started in a room of a house which has spread and four houses in a row has been destroyed today morning (21 February). The row of houses located at line…

LocalTags: Print EditionJudicial Service Officer’s Association filed a petition in court challenging the new tax introduced by the government which imposes a 6% to 36% tax on salaries which exceed Rs. 100,000 a month. Following which the…

LocalTags: Print EditionAccording to an Article published on Reuters: Sri Lanka’s cabinet has approved loan repayments worth $2.6 billion in the first half of this year, in line with its debt suspension plans, its cabinet spokesperson said…

LocalTags: Print EditionCentral Bank Governor Dr Nandalal Weerasinghe addressed the 33rd Anniversary convention of the Association of Professional Bankers in Colombo yesterday (20 February) and assured that the measures are being taken to…

LocalTags: Print EditionSpeaker of Parliament adjourned the Parliamentary session today (21 February) following a protest by the opposition MPs demanding the Local Government elections. Today’s parliamentary session commenced at 9.30am…