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LocalTags: Print EditionPresident Ranil Wickramasinghe has signed the letter regarding the granting of presidential pardon to former state minister Ranjan Ramanayake, who was convicted and sentenced to prison for contempt of court. PDF…

LocalLahiru FernandoTags: Print EditionThe Labour Department will launch an online platform enabling beneficiaries to reserve a date and a time in advance to get their paper work done from September 1. The hotline 1958 or the web link…

LocalSubhashini Senanayake and Shavini MadharaTags: Print EditionThe Private Bus Owners’ Association has filed a complaint with the Human Right Commission in Sri Lanka (HRCSL), with regard to the buses that were torched on May 9 after…

Local Jayasiri MunasingheTags: Print EditionFocus has been laid on nine areas including reducing the issuance of new currency by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka to cover government expenses and bringing state ventures to a profitable…

LocalBimal JayasingheTags: Print EditionConsumers and various food manufacturers who use eggs have been inconvenienced as eggs are not available in the market following the Gazette declaring Maximum Retail Prices (MRPs) for eggs. The…

LocalGayan Kumara Weerasinghe and Anuradha PriyadarshanaTags: Print EditionAn accomplice of underworld kingpin Kosgoda Sujee narrowly escaped a shooting aimed at him at Ahungalla area yesterday.  An unidentified gunman on a motorcycle…

LocalShavini MadharaTags: Print EditionColombo Additional Magistrate Harshana Kekunawela yesterday recalled the arrest warrant issued against Social Media activist Dr. Pathum Kerner, after he surrendered to court.  A warrant was…

LocalDilshan TharakaTags: Print EditionThe case filed against former UNP Parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra for alleged involvement in the abduction of a youth using a Defender, was re-fixed for trial on November 16 by the Colombo…

LocalTags: Print EditionThe import of over 300 items has been temporarily suspended with effect from August 23  under the Import and Export Control Act through a government notification by the Finance Ministry. President Ranil…

LocalTags: Print EditionPresident Ranil Wickremesinghe as Finance Minister will present the inaugural speech of the Second Reading of the Appropriation (Amendment) Bill on August 30. Acting Secretary General of Parliament Kushani…