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LocalSubashini SenanayakeTags: Print EditionThe Transport Ministry said a bus innovation programme will be launched next year, Director General Planning of the Transport   and Highways Ministry C.Hettiarachchi said. He said this will be…

LocalW.ChandrapalaDigamadulla special correspondentTags: Print EditionOfficers of the Thirukkovil camp of the Special Task Force (STF) of the Police exposed a racket in the Attapalam area of Ninthavur where salt is added to the manure and…

LocalTags: Print EditionThe ship carrying 10.6 million liters of diesel donated by China will reach Colombo Port today (26).The Chinese embassy in Colombo said this stock of diesel is donated to Sri Lankan farmers and fishermen. “Oil tanker…

LocalTags: Print EditionThe group of French tourists who came to Sri Lanka with the aim of promoting Sri Lanka as one of the most preferred destinations in South Asia arrived in Polonnaruwa recently.They first visited the Polonnaruwa…

LocalIrangika RangeTags: Print EditionMore than eighty percent of the construction work in the ‘W.D.Amaradeva’ Asapuwa has been completed. Additional Secretary (Cultural Promotion) of the Ministry of Buddha Sasana, Religious and Cultural…

LocalTags: Print EditionSriLankan Airlines Chief Executive Officer Richard Nuttall yesterday said that pilots have started leaving the company and he is expected to discuss this situation with the Ministry soon. He said that his company is…

LocalTags: Print EditionImport ban on several items including apparel and clothing accessories, tiles and ceramics, cosmetics and perfumes, air conditioners, freezers and washing machines has been relaxed with effect from November 23.…

Rest of population to get water by 2025LocalLahiru FernandoTags: Print EditionSixty percent of the country’s population has been provided with pipe-borne water supply by the end of October 2022, the Water Supply Ministry said. It is…

LocalLahiru FernandoTags: Print EditionThe Power and Energy Ministry will streamline the issuance of fuel for vehicles through the QR system to thwart filling stations from issuing fuel beyond the stipulated limits, a Ministry official…

LocalTags: Print EditionThe Government has taken action to release 74 bowsers of kerosene yesterday (23) to meet the fuel needs of the fishing community.  Presidential Community Affairs Director General Keerthi Tennakoon said that 49…