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LocalTags: Print EditionThe group of French tourists who came to Sri Lanka with the aim of promoting Sri Lanka as one of the most preferred destinations in South Asia arrived in Polonnaruwa recently.They first visited the Polonnaruwa…

LocalIrangika RangeTags: Print EditionMore than eighty percent of the construction work in the ‘W.D.Amaradeva’ Asapuwa has been completed. Additional Secretary (Cultural Promotion) of the Ministry of Buddha Sasana, Religious and Cultural…

LocalTags: Print EditionSriLankan Airlines Chief Executive Officer Richard Nuttall yesterday said that pilots have started leaving the company and he is expected to discuss this situation with the Ministry soon. He said that his company is…

LocalTags: Print EditionImport ban on several items including apparel and clothing accessories, tiles and ceramics, cosmetics and perfumes, air conditioners, freezers and washing machines has been relaxed with effect from November 23.…

Rest of population to get water by 2025LocalLahiru FernandoTags: Print EditionSixty percent of the country’s population has been provided with pipe-borne water supply by the end of October 2022, the Water Supply Ministry said. It is…

LocalLahiru FernandoTags: Print EditionThe Power and Energy Ministry will streamline the issuance of fuel for vehicles through the QR system to thwart filling stations from issuing fuel beyond the stipulated limits, a Ministry official…

LocalTags: Print EditionThe Government has taken action to release 74 bowsers of kerosene yesterday (23) to meet the fuel needs of the fishing community.  Presidential Community Affairs Director General Keerthi Tennakoon said that 49…

LocalLahiru FernandoTags: Print EditionSri Lanka Navy and Sri Lanka Air Force Headquarters will be shifted to the Akuregoda Defence Headquarters Complex by March next year, the Defence Ministry said.   The project was launched in 2011 to…

LocalIshara Mudugamuwa and Amali MallawarachchiTags: Print EditionKalutara District MP Kumara Welgama stated in the Parliament yesterday (23) that he would request all citizens to stop the agitations until about a year or two has passed in…

Thera remanded again over another case LocalShavini MadharaTags: Print EditionThe convener of the Inter-University Bhikku Federation (IUBF)  Ven. Galwewa Siridhamma Thera who was detained under Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) was enlarged…