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LocalTags: Print EditionAccording to Cabinet Spokesman Minister Bandula Gunawardena the Cabinet has approved the amendment of the Ayurveda Act at the Cabinet meeting held today (23). The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the proposal…

LocalTags: Print EditionSeven bodies have been recovered by Sri Lankan divers engaged in SAR (search and rescue) operations on the Chinese fishing vessel that was capsized in the Indian ocean. SAR operations were undertaken on the request…

LocalTags: Print EditionThe Director General of Health Services has stated that a number of Covid-19 pateients and deaths have been reported from Sri Lanka yesterday (22). According to the Government Information Department 9 people have…

LocalTags: Print EditionThe inflation in April 2023 determined under the National Consumer Price Index (NCPI) marginally decreased to 33.6 percent from   49.2 percent recorded in March 2023, the Department of Census and Statistics reported…

LocalTags: Print EditionThe National Water Supply and Drainage Board (NWSDB) says that the driver who was arrested by Kalutara Division Crime Investigation Unit recently with a stock of ‘Ice’ drugs worth Rs.4.8 million is not their driver.…

LocalHattonRanjith RajapaksaTags: Print EditionA viral fever is spreading at the Hatton Kotagala Sri Pada National College of Education. Over 90 teacher trainees receiving education there have been treated at the  Kotagala Hospital with…

LocalUpali KarunaratneTags: Print EditionThis year, the Government has allocated an amount of Rs. 4.1 million for the Poson Festival to be held annually in Anuradhapura.  Secretary to the Ministry of Buddha Sasana, Religious and Cultural…

LocalTags: Print EditionCommissioner General of Examinations has announced that carrying out, conducting or organizing any form of turion classes for students who are sitting for the G.C.E Ordinary level (O/L) examination has been…

LocalTags: Print EditionDepartment of Meteorology states that showers or thundershowers are expected to occur at several places in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central, Eastern and Uva provinces and in Galle, Matara and Polonnaruwa districts at…

LocalTags: Print EditionPresident Ranil Wickremesinghe paid his last respects to the late Chief Prelate of the Amarapura Maha Nikaya, Aggamahapandita Most Venerable Dodampahala Chandasiri Thera at the Gothama Thapovanaya in Kalapaluwawa,…