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LocalTags: Print EditionAgriculture Minister Mahinda Amaraweera yesterday instructed the Paddy Marketing Board (PMB) to process 43,000 metric tonnes of paddy into rice and send it to the market. The Paddy Marketing Board currently has…

LocalAsela KURULUWANSATags: Print EditionPeradeniya University’s Allied Health Sciences Faculty has decided to grant two weeks emergency leave to first year students due to harassment by a group of senior students. It is learned that…

LocalDisna MudaligeTags: Print EditionThe Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna-led National People’s Power (NPP) has presented a set of proposals to be considered for the 21st Amendment to the Constitution. NPP MP Vijitha Herath has written to…

LocalSuriyawewa group correspondentTags: Print EditionWalasmulla Magistrate Maheshika Wijetunga yesterday (8) ordered the release of the son and daughter-in-law of SJB Parliamentarian Dilip Wedaarachchi on bail. They were ordered to be…

LocalSubashini SenanayakeTags: Print EditionNational Transport Commission (NTC) Director General Nilan Mirando yesterday urged the public to notify the Commission about the incidents where bus conductors charge higher bus fares to the…

LocalBimal JayasingheTags: Print EditionAn 18-year-old youth has been arrested in Maligawatte for allegedly damaging two police vehicles and assaulting a Superintendent of Police in the Panchikawatte area and robbing his firearm. The…

LocalTags: Print EditionPriced the cheapest among all fuels, kerosene is the preferred fuel of the urban dwellers, especially for cooking purposes these days as LP Gas has gone beyond their reach due to exponential price hikes and…

LocalTalawa Group Corr.Tags: Print EditionTwo people have been hacked to death inside a house in Endagala, Eppawala on Monday night, Police said. The Eppawala Police are conducting further investigations into the murder of the two…

LocalTags: Print EditionLabour and Foreign Employment Minister and Co-Cabinet Spokesman Manusha Nanayakkara said a Circular for public servants to apply for foreign employment will be issued soon. The Minister was addressing a media…

LocalSandasen Marasinghe and Camelia NathanielTags: Print EditionSpeaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena yesterday said that the steps have already been taken to increase the prices of the meal for the Parliamentary staff. Making an…