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LocalTags: Print EditionUSAID Administrator Samantha Power on Tuesday underscored that USAID is pivoting its ongoing programmes in Sri Lanka to help address the urgent needs of Sri Lanka’s most vulnerable and marginalized communities…

LocalTags: Print EditionAgriculture Minister Mahinda Amaraweera yesterday said several SLFP MPs will take oaths as State Ministers soon. He was of the view that the SLFP will not conduct any disciplinary inquiry against those who…

LocalTags: Print EditionSenior SLAS officer Anusha Pelpita assumed duties as the new Media  Ministry Secretary yesterday. Picture by Sudath Malaweera.   Thursday, May 26, 2022 - 01:02

LocalIshara MudugamuwaTags: Print EditionCabinet Spokesman Mass Media Minister Dr. Bandula Gunawardana yesterday stated that the 21st Amendment to the Constitution will be taken up for discussion in Cabinet next week. He was speaking…

LocalLahiru FernandoTags: Print EditionThe prices of food items at canteens will be increased by 10 percent, President of the All Island Canteen Owners Association Asela Sampath said. He said the decision was taken based on yesterday’s…

Says ‘I was not loyal to Rajapaksas’LocalIshara MudugamuwaTags: Print EditionGovernment Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) President Dr.Anuruddha Padeniya yesterday (24) said that the decision not to contest the election was not due…

Taxis to charge Rs.100 per kilometreLocalLahiru FernandoTags: Print EditionThe National Transport Commission (NTC) has approved the increase of bus fares with effect from midnight yesterday, following the fuel price increase that took…

Clash Over FuelLocalNishantha GunewardeneBadulla Corr.Tags: Print EditionA driver was stabbed in the neck with a sharp object in a clash between two groups at a petrol station in Badulla on Sunday (22) afternoon. “He was admitted to…

Local SHAVINI MADHARATags: Print EditionThe overseas travel ban imposed on former Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka Ajith Nivard Cabraal, was extended till July 25 by Colombo Additional Magistrate Harshana Kekunawela yesterday.…

LocalChamikara WEERASINGHETags: Print EditionYesterday’s Ordinary Level Exam restored calm and peace to the country after a long stressful period, Commissioner General of Examinations, L.M.D. Dharmasena yesterday told the Daily News.…