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LocalTags: Print EditionRanil Jayawardena has been appointed as Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) following Liz Truss’ election as leader of the Conservative Party and the new British Prime Minister.…

LocalIshara Mudugamuwa and Amali MallawarachchiTags: Print EditionAgriculture Minister Mahinda Amaraweera told Parliament yesterday (7) that a written notification to suspend the importation of rice has already been submitted to the…

LocalLahiru FernandoTags: Print EditionThe Registrar General’s Department has informed government institutions to accept any certified copies of birth, marriage or death certificates issued by the Registrar General as valid regardless…

LocalDilshan TharakaTags: Print EditionA Fundamental Rights petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking an order quashing the government’s decision to remove the orders imposed banning Glyphosate herbicides. The petition was…

LocalLahiru FernandoTags: Print EditionCeylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) denied the media reports which said that nearly 300 filling stations are being closed down on a daily basis due to fuel distribution related issues. Issuing a…

LocalIshara MudugamuwaTags: Print EditionThe government has decided to grant no-pay leave for pensionable public servants, the Government Information Department said. As per the Cabinet decision taken in June this year, a committee of…

LocalLahiru FernandoTags: Print EditionAn individual was pronounced dead after falling from the 11th floor of a building located on Maya Mawatha in Wellawatte on Sunday (04). According to Police, the person fell off a window of the…

LocalDharma Sri AbeyratneTags: Print EditionThe Fuel Distributors Association claims with the decision taken by the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) to issue fuel for filling stations only for ready cash, has resulted in a three-fold…

LocalIrangika RangeTags: Print EditionSeveral Three-wheeler driver trade’ unions held a demonstration in front of the Energy Ministry yesterday demanding an increase in their weekly fuel quota. They state that they will not vacate the…

LocalDharma Sri AbeyratneTags: Print EditionApplications for teacher transfers will not be accepted again until next year by the Education Ministry. Accordingly, applications for teacher transfers and teacher attachments will not be…