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LocalTags: Print EditionThe Gazette notification by the Election Commission, declaring the Local Government Election date and other details, is still due, the Government Information Department said in a special news today. The release by…

LocalTags: Print EditionThe growth rate of the economy in 2022 was -11%. It could be -3.5 or -4.0% this year. But from 2024, we will take this economy to positive growth. We are creating a strong country that does not bow down to anyone and…

LocalTags: Print EditionPresident Ranil Wickremesinghe gave an assurance at the Anuradhapura Jayasri Maha Bodhiya premises that the bill to speed up the excavation work and preserve the Anuradhapura Maha Viharaya will be submitted to…

LocalTags: Print EditionTrains in the Kaluthara South railway are delayed due to a derailment of a train in the Kaluthara South railway today (28). Saturday, January 28, 2023 - 15:34

LocalTags: Print EditionUnited States Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Victoria Nuland is to arrive in Sri Lanka, for an official visit in February.  According to the Press release by the US Department of State, Under…

LocalTags: Print EditionMinister of Foreign, Affairs Ali Sabry PC met with the Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan at Riyadh on Thursday (26). Minister Sabry raised noted that Sri Lanka is an ‘ideal place’ to conduct business.…

LocalTags: Print EditionMinister of Foreign, Affairs Ali Sabry PC met with the Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan at Riyadh on Thursday (26).  Minister Sabry noted that Sri Lanka is an ‘ideal place’ to conduct business.…

LocalTags: Print EditionMinister of Power and Energy, Kanchana Wijesekara has stated that the Agreement reached by CEB and other relevant officials, at a discussion held with the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka, regarding uninterrupted…

LocalTags: Print EditionUS Forces killed an Islamic State Leader, Bilal al-Sudani and his operatives in Northern Somalia. He was considered to be responsible for the propagation of Islamic State terror group in Africa, particularly in…

LocalTags: Print EditionThe 3rd session of the 9th Parliament ends tonight (27). The 4th session will commence on February 8 when President Ranil Wickremesinghe is expected to make a policy statement based on the decisions taken after the…