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The Consumer Affairs Authority today recovered a large stock of sugar weighing up to 170,000kg from a warehouse in Uyandana in the Kurunegala district CAA officials seized this stock during a raid conducted in the area on a tip…

A headless body was found floating on sea near Samudra Mawatha in Galle town, Galle police said. The police suspect the body to be of a male person and the head might have been eaten by fish or cut from the body. Galle Police…

Sri Lanka commences administering the COVID-19 vaccine to those between the ages of 18 to 30 from today. The steps have been taken to administer COVID-19 vaccines on a district basis from today , said the Health Minister Keheliya…

The Government will confiscate all stocks of paddy that is illegally hoarded by unregistered rice mill owners and other unscrupulous traders to create an artificial shortage of rice in the country to exploit consumers to satisfy the…

Government has decided to take necessary measures to control the price of rice and sugar from tomorrow, said the State Minister of Co-operative Services, Marketing Development and Consumer Protection Lasantha Alagiyawanna addressing a…

Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa today appealed to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa for a Special Presidential Pardon for former Parliamentarian Ranjan Ramanayake who is currently serving a jail term. Referring to the letter…

A total of 3,828 COVID-19 positive cases were reported in Sri Lanka, stated the Epidemiology Unit. The total count of positive coronavirus cases found in Sri Lanka currently sits at 444,130.

The Archbishop of Colombo, His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith has declined to meet Goverment Ministers until several conditions are fulfilled, said Reverend Father Cyril Gamini Fernando. The Cardinal has said that in order to win…

SJB Parliamentarian Rishad Bathiudeen, Attorney-at-Law Hijaz Hizbullah, Madrasa School Principal Mohammad Zakir and several other suspects currently in remand in connection with the Easter Sunday Terror Attacks were ordered to be…

The Cabinet has endorsed all the proposals submitted by the Ministerial Committee appointed to look into teacher-principal salary anomalies and decided to implement the proposals within the next six months, Committee Spokesman…