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LocalMahinda Aluthgedera Air Marshal Udeni Rajapaksa saluting the guard of honour accorded to him after he assumed duties as 19th Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force yesterday. Picture by Gayan Pushpika Tags: Print EditionAir Force…

LocalTags: Print EditionAir Marshal Udeni Rajapaksa assumed duties as the 19th Commander of Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) today. Air Vice Marshal Udeni Rajapaksa has been appointed to the post of Air Force Commander. He assumed duties today…

LocalTags: Print EditionAccording to Reuters, International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reached a staff-level pact with Pakistan on a $3 billion stand-by arrangement, the lender said, a decision long awaited by the South Asian nation which is…

LocalTags: Print EditionA number of special programs have been organized for a week from 3rd July at Dehiwala National Zoo to mark the eighty-seventh anniversary of the National Zoological Department. To commemorate the occasion, on 3 rd…

LocalTags: Print EditionSLPP MP Johnston Fernando told a gathering in Kurunegala that the Aswesuma issue had come up as a result of JVP’s action to keep Samurdhi Niladharies away from the survey carried out to determine suitable recipients…

LocalHiran PriyankaraTags: Print EditionFormer State Minister Vijayakala Maheshwaran and three others were injured in a vehicle accident at Mangalaeliya in Mundalama on the Colombo-Puttalam road in the early hours of yesterday. Maheshvaran…

LocalMahinda AluthgederaTags: Print EditionThe Sri Lanka Banks Association (SLBA) says they accept the Central Bank (CB) Governor’s assurance regarding the Government’s expected stance on debt restructuring. The Sri Lanka Banks Association…

LocalTags: Print EditionSri Lanka’s candidate Ambassador Prasad Kariyawasam was elected to the UN Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families at the election held on June 27 at the United…

LocalTags: Print EditionTushara Williams has been appointed Deputy Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs in the Privy Council Office of the Government of Canada from June 19, 2023. She therefore becomes the first ever Deputy Minister of Sri…

LocalTags: Print EditionPrime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena called for increase in bilateral economic co-operation between New Zealand and Sri Lanka and also enhancing support under the Colombo Plan. When New Zealand High Commissioner Michael…