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Dr. Jaishankar announces on debt restructuring in Sri Lanka* We will stand by Sri Lanka in this hour of need* India will encourage greater investments in energy, tourism and infrastructure* Modi invites Wickremesinghe to visit India soon*…

LocalSandya KarunaratneTags: Print EditionTransport, Highways and Mass Media Minister Dr. Bandula Gunawardena said Rs. 8 billion   has been spent on Local Government elections in the past and this time with the increase in expenses, Rs.16…

President to discuss issue with Party Leaders today LocalTags: Print EditionA special meeting will be held today (18) between the leaders of political parties in Parliament and President Ranil Wickremesinghe to discuss the Regulation of…

LocalIshara Mudugamuwa and Amali MallawaarachchiTags: Print EditionPrime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena told Parliament yesterday (17) that the Cabinet did not take a decision to stop accepting deposits from candidates for the Local Government…

LocalRuzaik FarookMinister Susil Premajayantha and MP Mujibur Rahuman providing food for students during the visit. Picture by Ruzaik FarookTags: Print EditionEducation Minister Susil Premajayantha visited Hameed Al Husseinie College…

LocalBernard Goonetilleke, Chairman PF and Dr. Arvind Gupta, Director VIF.Tags: Print EditionA three-member delegation of the Vivekananda International Foundation, India, visited Colombo on the invitation of the Pathfinder Foundation. The…

LocalGayan Kumara WeerasingheTags: Print EditionAn ‘Aragalaya’ activist who was receiving treatment at the Colombo National Hospital (CNH) after being injured while trying to forcibly enter the President’s House in Colombo Fort on July 9…

LocalTags: Print EditionThe importation of eggs through international tenders has got delayed as the Animal Production and Health Department has still not responded to a request   for necessary specifications, State Trading (General)…

Invokes blessings from several prominent religious leadersLocalPresident Ranil Wickremesinghe worships at Sri Naga Viharaya in Jaffna yesterday. Tags: Print EditionPresident Ranil Wickremesinghe, who is in Jaffna to participate in the Thai…

LocalTags: Print EditionA group of young microbiologists working at the Sarabhumi Lanka Bioproduct Institute, a local institution, has produced a successful bio-insecticide to control the Fall Armyworm prevalent in the maize cultivation in…