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LocalTags: Print EditionThe Sri Lankan Embassy in Turkey states that 16 Sri Lankans affected by the Turkish earthquake have been identified and 15 of them are safe. Mrs. Paboda Perera, consular officer of the embassy, says that one Sri…

LocalTags: Print EditionGeneral Sahir Shamshad Mirza, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee of Pakistan, met President Ranil Wickremesinghe at the President's Office this morning (10) during his three-day official visit to Sri Lanka.…

LocalTags: Print EditionA ceremony was held at the Gangaramaya Temple to invoke blessings on the people of Türkiye and Syria today presided by Dr Kirinde Assaji Thera, Ambassador to Türkiye Demet Şekercioğlu, Secretary to the President Mr.…

LocalTags: Print EditionA tremor of magnitude 3 in the Richter scale reported in Buttala, Wellawaya area. Disaster Management Centre says not to panic as there is no danger.   Friday, February 10, 2023 - 13:24

LocalTags: Print Edition  The International Monetary Fund said its approval for a $2.9 billion loan to bail out crisis-riddled Sri Lanka will depend on the island nation securing assurances on debt relief from its bilateral creditors. “Sri…

LocalTags: Print EditionThe Supreme Court today (10 January) held that there is no necessity toissue a writ of mandamus against the Election Commission to hold elections, as the Commission has already pledged to conduct the local government…

LocalTags: Print EditionWrit application by the Public Utilities Commission (PUCSL) against the Ceylon Electricity Board was rejected by the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka today (10 January), without a further hearing. PUCSL filed the writ…

LocalSandya KarunaratneTags: Print EditionLalitha Egodawela, Additional Secretary (School Affairs) of the Ministry of Education stated yesterday that it will take about a month to release the school cut-off marks for the admission of…

Local Dharma Sri AbeyratneTags: Print EditionPower and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera said that the main reason for the current electricity crisis is the non-construction of power plants as per the National Power Generation Plan after…

LocalTransport, Highways and Mass Media Minister Dr. Bandula Gunawardena,Justice, Prison Affairs and Constitutional Reforms Minister Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe during a special observation at Homagama Watareka and Suneetha Vidyalaya.Tags: …