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LocalTags: Print EditionThe COPE Committee has revealed that 35 university lecturers who went abroad on study leave at the University of Moratuwa alone were found to be in arrears of Rs. 51,649,961 as at 31 December 2021 due to breach…

Opening of sluice gates at Randenigala and Rantambe reservoirs:LocalIrangika RangeTags: Print EditionPower and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera said yesterday that the Chairman and the Deputy Chairman of the Ceylon Electricity Board…

LocalIshara MudugamuwaTags: Print EditionIt is no longer be mandatory to wear a face mask outdoors or indoors in Sri Lanka from today. Director General of Health Services Dr. Asela Gunawardena said that the individuals will no longer…

LocalTags: Print EditionLeaders of nine political Parties, including the Jathika Nidahas Peramuna and the Lanka Sama Samaja Party, have written to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa urging him to immediately begin bilateral talks to buy…

LocalTags: Print EditionAgriculture Minister Mahinda Amaraweera yesterday instructed the Paddy Marketing Board (PMB) to process 43,000 metric tonnes of paddy into rice and send it to the market. The Paddy Marketing Board currently has…

LocalAsela KURULUWANSATags: Print EditionPeradeniya University’s Allied Health Sciences Faculty has decided to grant two weeks emergency leave to first year students due to harassment by a group of senior students. It is learned that…

LocalSuriyawewa group correspondentTags: Print EditionWalasmulla Magistrate Maheshika Wijetunga yesterday (8) ordered the release of the son and daughter-in-law of SJB Parliamentarian Dilip Wedaarachchi on bail. They were ordered to be…

LocalSubashini SenanayakeTags: Print EditionNational Transport Commission (NTC) Director General Nilan Mirando yesterday urged the public to notify the Commission about the incidents where bus conductors charge higher bus fares to the…

LocalBimal JayasingheTags: Print EditionAn 18-year-old youth has been arrested in Maligawatte for allegedly damaging two police vehicles and assaulting a Superintendent of Police in the Panchikawatte area and robbing his firearm. The…

LocalDisna MudaligeTags: Print EditionThe Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna-led National People’s Power (NPP) has presented a set of proposals to be considered for the 21st Amendment to the Constitution. NPP MP Vijitha Herath has written to…