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Several divisions of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are maintained in different venues from the head office due to lack of sufficient building space within the Republic building where the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is stationed.…

The Commissioner General of Essential Services (CGES) has the full authority to issue instructions to relevant officials including District Secretaries and Divisional Secretaries. The Secretary to the President yesterday elaborated…

A minor tremor was reported in Lunugamvehera Area this morning at around 10:38am. The Geological Survey and Mines Bureau (GS&MB) said the tremor measured 2.4 on the Richter scale and was recorded.

The Cabinet of Ministers approved the importation of 4,200 dairy cows to five private companies to increase the production of liquid milk in the country and also to provide them with 2771 acres of abandoned land belonging to the…

1,769 more individuals recovered from COVID-19 bringing the total recoveries in the country to 388,278, the Epidemiology Unit confirmed

The Secretary to the President today pointed out that the Commissioner General of Essential Services has the full authority to issue instructions to the relevant officials including District Secretaries and Divisional Secretaries in…

The government has lost Rs. 160,00 billion in revenue due to the COVID-19 pandemic situation, Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa said in Parliament today (7). Minister Basil Rajapaksa pointed out that the revenue received from the…

The Ministry of Environment has observed in some media and social media that the Crudia Zeylanica plant has been removed from the 2020 Red Data List. But there is no truth in those media reports. The Ministry of Environment…

Parliamentarian Rishad Bathiudeen, his wife and the father-in-law were further remanded until September 17 by Colombo Additional Magistrate Rajindra Jayasuriya. The Magistrate made this order   when the case regarding the death of a…

The Kandy Police has launched an investigation into the incident in which a COVID-19 patient had jumped from the fifth floor of the Kandy National Hospital. Police investigations have revealed that the suspect   had jumped out of a…