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LocalTags: Print EditionMinister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera has assured that no power cuts will be enforced from today (16 February) onwards due to the implementation of the new tariffs on electricity. Minister Kanchana made…

LocalTags: Print EditionThe Ceylon electricity board as the licensee made a request for the revision of electricity tariff on the 05th of January under the provisions of the Sri Lanka Electricity Act 2009 which was approved by the Public…

LocalTags: Print EditionDuangpetch Promthep, one of the 12 boys rescued from a flooded Thai cave in 2018, died in the UK. Duangpetch, moved to UK to attend college football academy under a scholarship died last Tuesday (14 February). He (17…

LocalGayan Kumara WeerasinghePrasanna PathmasiriNishantha Abeygunawardena and C. GamageTags: Print EditionBadulla Magistrate Nujith De Silva ordered that the doctor employed at the Badulla Hospital, who was arrested by the Police Special…

LocalTags: Print EditionThe committee appointed to look into issues which have arisen regarding the granting of permission for the import of eggs following health guidelines has recommended that permission should be granted to import an…

LocalTags: Print EditionMinister of Agriculture Mahinda Amaraweera attended a discussion on agriculture issues held at the Presidential Secretariat, where he announced plans to provide Mada Pohora (TSP) to farmers at a lower price than the…

LocalTags: Print EditionRs. 30 million has been allocated as compensation for livestock that died due to the cold weather conditions which caused by the ‘Cyclone Mandous’ in December (2022), in North and East. It was reported that more than…

LocalIshara MudugamuwaTags: Print EditionThe Japanese Government has agreed to grant 5 billion Japanese yen (US$ 38 million) to purchase fuel needed to maintain essential and urgent  services in the health sector, Cabinet Spokesman Mass…

LocalIshara MudugamuwaTags: Print EditionCabinet Spokesman and Mass Media Minister Dr. Bandula Gunawardena yesterday said that the Cabinet of Ministers approved further action regarding the Free Trade Agreement between Sri Lanka and…

LocalTags: Print EditionThe Cabinet of Ministers has granted approval to draft a new Excise bill today (14 February). The current Excise bill is over a century-old piece of legislation (111), passed during the colonial times. The proposal…