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LocalTags: Print EditionThe price of an egg will be reduced by Rs. 5 with effect from August 22, the All Island Egg Producers Association told the Daily News. Chicken and egg pricess have risen in the country due to an increaning…

LocalTags: Print EditionThe Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) has taken measures to temporarily stop fuel distribution to 12 filling stations that contributed the least to the QR system. During a follow-up on the issuance of fuel in…

LocalTags: Print EditionPresident Ranil Wickremesinghe met a United Nations delegation at Presidential Secretariat yesterday. The UN delegation included Regional Director Asia-Pacific, UN Development Coordination Office (UNDCO) David…

LocalTags: Print EditionOver 600 persons who fell ill after three wedding ceremonies held at a hotel in Kandy have been referred for medical assistance. Guests at three wedding ceremonies held at a star hotel in Kandy have fallen ill.…

LocalThusitha Kumara De Silva in AluthgamaTags: Print EditionTwo persons were reported dead after a lorry skidded off the road and crashed into a cafeteria at Galabada, Induruwa along the Colombo - Galle highway around 9.30 p.m. on…

LocalSunil S. Pellandeniya and Lahiru FernandoTags: Print EditionA train ticket inspector was admitted to the Maho hospital after he was assaulted by a passenger when the inspector warned him not to smoke inside the train between…

LocalTags: Print EditionLaugfs Gas reduced the price of a 12.5 Kg domestic gas cylinder by Rs. 1,050 from last night. The new prices will be of a 12.5 KG cylinder is Rs. 5,800, 5KG cylinder Rs. 2,320 and a 2Kg cylinder Rs 928. Litro…

LocalTags: Print EditionThe new Australian High Commissioner and the new Nepalese Ambassador presented their credentials to President Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday at a ceremony held at the Presidential Secretariat. Paul Wesley…

LocalLahiru FernandoTags: Print EditionTrain No. 1528, an office train leaving for Colombo Fort and Ratmalana from Polgahawela has been suspended for several days following a dispute between locomotive drivers over a drivers’ rest room…

LocalGayan Kumara WeerasingheTags: Print EditionThe Colombo Crime Division (CCD) has identified the person who has allegedly credited Rs.5 million to the bank account of Rathindu Senaratne alias Retta who was in the forefront of the…