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COLOMBO (News 1st); Jayantha De Silva, Chairman of the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka says that there is NO truth in the letter circulating that the TRCSL has directed telephone service providers to limit…

LocalTags: Print EditionA couple carrying their baby yesterday appealed to the military officers at the fuel station at Rambukkana in Bandaragama to provide them with petrol to take their child to the hospital. A security officer…

LocalW. RohanaBulathkohupitiya corr.The table where goods are placed for the needy at the shop.Tags: Print EditionA trader offering dry rations worth Rs.5,000 a day for the needy as a solution to the crisis faced by the people is…

Progress on Extended Fund Facility (EFF) agreementForeign reserves stand at US$ 1.95 billionLocalShirajiv SirimaneTags: Print EditionThe International Monetary Fund (IMF) Foreign Relations Committee was content and has accepted the…

Shortage will end by August first week :LocalCamelia Nathaniel and Amali MallawaarachchiTags: Print EditionPrime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told Parliament yesterday that since 33,000 metric tonnes of gas is to be received from July…

LocalTags: Print EditionPolice used water cannon and tear gas to disperse a farmer’s protest march organized by the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) after they tried to overrun police barricades near the President’s House yesterday.…

Allegations made by the Opposition Leader in House :LocalTags: Print EditionMinister Nimal Siripala De Silva will step down temporarily as Ports, Shipping and Aviation Services Minister of on the instructions of the President until the…

LocalUnion Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and Culture Arjun Ram Meghwal with the Holy Kapilvastu Relics of the Buddha on Monday.Tags: Print EditionHighlighting the strong bilateral ties between India and Mongolia, Union…

LocalGayan Kumara WeerasingheTags: Print EditionThe Sri Lanka Army has initiated an internal investigation in connection with the incident at a filling station at Yaggahapitiya in Kurunegala where an Army officer attacked a civilian…

LocalGayan Kumara WeerasingheTags: Print EditionThe Public Security Ministry is contemplating on deploying the Police Special Task Force to ensure security at filling stations with the number of incidents around fuel stations are…