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LocalTags: Print EditionBRAZIL: A body has been found in the search for a missing British journalist in the Amazon rainforest. Dom Phillips’ wife Allesandra is said to have shared the tragic news with the Brazilian media. A second body…

LocalDharma Sri AbeyratneTags: Print EditionLitro Gas announced that there will be no gas distribution today for the seventh consecutive day due to the inability to pay the dues to the gas ship that arrived on the island. The ship…

LocalBimal Jayasinghe Bandaragama Corr.Tags: Print EditionThe Southern Express Traffic Police yesterday arrested a man for driving a luxury car at a speed of 196 Kilometers Per Hour (KMPH) on the Southern Expressway. Police said that…

LocalP.K.BandaraTags: Print EditionFuel prices were last revised on May 24 and June 24 will mark a month since the last fuel price revision. Secretary to the Ministry of Power and Energy Mapa Pathirana said that after reviewing several…

LocalTags: Print EditionHousing and Urban Development Minister Prasanna Ranatunga visited his torched house in Minuwangoda for the first time after the May 9 incidents triggered countrywide acts of arson on houses of MPs.  Monday, June…

LocalMahinda P.LiyanageTags: Print EditionA bullet which had been stuck in the lung of a man who was admitted to the Cardiothoracic Surgery Unit of Galle Karapitiya Teaching Hospital after being seriously injured in a shooting was…

LocalTags: Print EditionSri Lanka Navy apprehended a local multi-day fishing trawler with 38 individuals, suspected to be on an illegal migration attempt to Australia via sea. This trawler was detected during a search operation carried…

Rs.3.1 bn 50 faulty generator purchaseLocalTags: Print EditionThe attention of the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) was drawn to an incident of 50 generators purchased in 2017 and 2018 at a cost of Rs.3,100 million which…

LocalTags: Print EditionFrustration grows as long lines are seen outside the Department of Immigration and Emigration where passport-seekers have been camping out for days till their turn comes to obtain their passports. Picture by…

LocalTags: Print EditionA Gazette Extraordinary issued on Thursday night creating two new portfolios, namely, Minister of Technology and Investment Promotion and Minister of Women, Child Affairs and Social Empowerment by President…