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LocalTags: Print EditionAccording to the Government Information Department 15 Covid-19 cases have been reported from Sri Lanka yesterday (24 May). One COVID death has also been reported yesterday. The total number of COVID-infected people…

Local adults to be charged Rs. 200, Rs.3,000 for foreignersLocalNirmanee IgalahewageTags: Print EditionAdmission fees for the country’s botanical gardens will be increased from July 1. The related Gazette notification has been issued by…

LocalTags: Print EditionDr. S.H. Perera who is a resident of Sarikkalimulla, Panadura, took his oaths as an all-island Justice of the Peace before Additional Magistrate I.M.S. Bandara Ilangasinghe at the Colombo Magistrate Courts, on May…

LocalIshara MudugamuwaTags: Print EditionPrime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena said in Parliament yesterday that there will be no opportunity to do anything outside the law   regarding the incident of the woman who died while in Welikada police…

LocalTags: Print EditionAccording to customs sources, following a formal customs investigation of Puttalam District MP A. S. Raheem who was detained by the customs for illegally bringing undeclared gold and smart phones through the…

LocalTags: Print EditionAccording to the Director General of Health 13 people covid-19 cases were reported yesterday (23 May) in Sri Lanka. COVID 19 related death has also been reported yesterday. The number of Covid-infected people…

LocalState Minister of Foreign Affairs Tharaka Balasuriya and his delegation with Deputy Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia Waleed Al Khereiji and his delegation, at the first session of the Sri Lanka–Saudi Joint Commission. Tags: Print…

LocalTags: Print EditionPuttalam District Member of Parliament Ali Sabri Rahim has been taken into custody by Sri Lanka Customs for possession of undeclared gold. It is reported that the MP was caught along with 3.5 kg of gold at Katunayake…

LocalTags: Print EditionThe Police fired tear gas to disperse a protest march of Peradeniya University students today (23 May) It is stated that the Peradeniya University Students Union started this protest march and was planning to carry…

LocalTags: Print EditionMinister of power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera announced that the final draft of the New Electricity Act and the transition program will be submitted to the Attorney General’s department next week. The final draft…