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The Cabinet of Ministers has approved a proposal to attach 150 experienced teachers with expertise in the relevant subject who work as teachers in government schools to the National Institute of Education (NIE) as the staff currently…

A total of 1,711 COVID-19 positive cases were reported in Sri Lanka today, stated the Epidemiology Unit. The total count of positive coronavirus cases found in Sri Lanka currently sits at 299,892 and 270,356 of them have made…

The State Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Corporation (SPMC) has taken measures to procure normal Saline and other basic injection solutions through a local company. Co-Cabinet Spokesman Plantation Minister Dr.Ramesh Pathirana said the…

The 1990 Suwaseriya Ambulance Service celebrates its fifth Anniversary today and President Gotabaya Rajapaksa intends to increase its capacity and plans to add 112 new ambulances to the present fleet. Suwasariya has a staff of…

A special operation to check households in Colombo, suburbs and the entire Western Province, for clues of underaged children employed as domestic aides was initiated yesterday (27). Police Spokesman Senior DIG Ajith Rohana said the…

Chinese Ambassador Qi Zhen Hong handed over the donation to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat yesterday. Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi, Fisheries Minister Douglas Devananda and Chinese Embassy…

The age at which a person can be employed in this country has been increased to 18 years and laws applicable will be enforced within the next three months, Labour Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva said. In the light of the recent…

The government’s initiative to develop and beautify 100 towns across the country will begin today from Hiripitiya in the Kurunegala District under the patronage of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa. This is a programme being…

Heavy rains exceeding 100mm were reported in many parts of the country from yesterday morning (26) due to active south-west monsoon conditions over the island. Flash floods occurred in several roads in Colombo disturbing the…

Actress and former MP Upeksha Swarnamali was arrested by the Katugastota police yesterday morning over an accident involving her car at 5th Mile post on the Kandy-Kurunegala road. She had arrived in Kandy to participate in an…