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LocalTags: Print EditionPrime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena said it is essential to purchase paddy at a reasonable price from the farmers in order to implement the program for providing subsidies to the lower-income families in the country.…

LocalTags: Print EditionThe Vice-Chancellor says that it has been decided to reopen the Buddhist and Pali University at Homagama Pitipana for academic activities. According to this decision, the university will be opened for first year…

LocalTags: Print EditionA 30-year-old man was shot and killed while riding on a motorcycle last night (16 February) at Boragodawatta, Minwangoda. The victim died immediately afterwards. The victim has been identified as one Prasad…

LocalTags: Print EditionSri Lankan Ambassador to Turkey Mrs. HasanthiUrugodawatte Dissanayake handed over the 1500 kg of Ceylon tea donated by the Sri Lankan government to Turkey's Disaster Management Authority representative Mr. Vehbi…

LocalPriyan de SilvaTags: Print EditionElections Commissioner General Saman Sri Rathnayaka in a circular bearing reference LAE/2023/36 has reminded all heads of public institutions, public servants, all politicians, political activists and…

Officials have not corrected actual account numbersLocalBuddhika ImbulanaTags: Print EditionAgricultural Commissioner General H.M.L.A. Abeyratne said that the account numbers of 8 percent of accounts of paddy farmers has not been corrected…

LocalTags: Print EditionBCCI chief selector Chetan Sharma is accused of revealing classified selection information during a sting operation conducted by a TV channel. Sharma has stated that most players take artificial enhancement…

LocalTags: Print EditionMinister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera has assured that no power cuts will be enforced from today (16 February) onwards due to the implementation of the new tariffs on electricity. Minister Kanchana made…

LocalTags: Print EditionThe Ceylon electricity board as the licensee made a request for the revision of electricity tariff on the 05th of January under the provisions of the Sri Lanka Electricity Act 2009 which was approved by the Public…

LocalTags: Print EditionDuangpetch Promthep, one of the 12 boys rescued from a flooded Thai cave in 2018, died in the UK. Duangpetch, moved to UK to attend college football academy under a scholarship died last Tuesday (14 February). He (17…