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LocalRakshana ShriyanthaTags: Print EditionThe Army Commander has ordered the immediate suspension of a Major General and a Brigadier over an incident in Dambulla until the cause for an alleged clash between them is revealed through an…

LocalTags: Print EditionThe Export-Import Bank of China has provided Sri Lanka with a debt extension, China’s Foreign Ministry said on Monday, noting that China is willing to negotiate a medium- and long-term debt disposal plan with the…

LocalLahiru Fernando and Hatton Correspondent Ranjith RajapakshaTags: Print EditionThree pilgrims were reported dead and 27 others were hospitalized when a private bus returning from Sripada went down a 150-metre precipice at the Taplo…

LocalTags: Print Edition RescueA joint operation between the Police, Army and Forest Conservation officers succeeds in rescuing 33 youths who were stranded in Knuckles Reserve. The police said that a group of young men and women who had…

LocalTags: Print EditionPresident Ranil Wickremesinghe instructed the officials to speed up the Minipe Left Bank Canal Rehabilitation Project (MLBCRP), which has been delayed for over three years owing to various reasons, and to provide its…

President Ranil Wickremesinghe instructs officialsLocalPresident Ranil Wickremesinghe went on an observation tour of the Minipe Anicut construction site.Tags: Print EditionPresident Ranil Wickremesinghe instructed the officials to speed up…

LocalTags: Print EditionThe Election Commission has informed the Supreme Court by way of a motion that that due to the non-availability of sufficient funds and other facilities, obstacles have arisen in the conduct of the LG elections as…

LocalTags: Print EditionAnother body of a man has been recovered at the Norton bidge accident which occured last night where a bus gone off the road and fell down a precipice along the Norton Bridge - Diyagala road. Passengers on the bus…

LocalTags: Print EditionMotion to expedite the date of the writ petition to postpone the Local Government elections was taken up in court today (20 February). Retired colonel W M Wijesundara filed a writ petition in the Supreme court asking…

LocalTags: Print EditionA bus carrying pilgrims fell down a precipice resulting in death of two and leaving several others injured. The accident happened around late evening yesterday (19 February) near Ginigathena Norton Bridge, where the…