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The Ministry of Urban Development and Housing said that the walking path constructed from Olcott Mawatha in Pettah to the Port of Colombo will not be removed. The Director General of the Urban Development Authority, Chartered Urban…

The Government has decided to suspend the import of organic fertilizer for the Maha season from a Chinese company, the Ministry of Agriculture stated. Agriculture Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage yesterday said that the nitrogen…

Energy Minister Udaya Gammanpila said that his problem is not the provision of 40 per cent of the Yugadanavi power plant but the monopoly of a gas supply to Sri Lanka by a US company for five years. Gammanpila said that the Ministry…

The software engineer of Epic Lanka Technologies arrested in connection with missing data of the National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA) has been remanded until October 6. The case was taken up before Colombo Additional…

Around 5,000 metric tons of food is wasted every day in Sri Lanka. The Minister of Environment Mahinda Amaraweera stated that 5,000 metric tons of cooked and uncooked food is wasted every day in our country. The Minister was…

JVP Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake accused the Government of favouring rice mafia groups instead of protecting the consumers and farmers. Addressing a media briefing yesterday, he said that the Government’s price control has not…

The Government has decided to suspend the import of organic fertilizer from a Chinese company, said the Agriculture Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage. The decision has been taken after harmful bacteria was detected in sampled…

333 persons were arrested yesterday for not wearing face masks and failing to maintain social distancing, stated the Police Media Division. So far 79,247 suspects have been arrested for not wearing face masks and maintaining…

The Defence Ministry issuing a statement said today that claims of a threat to Churches in Sri Lanka has not been verified. Therefore, Defence Secretary, General Kamal Gunaratne (Retd) said that there were reports circulating on…

The island-wide quarantine curfew which is currently in effect will be lifted at 4.00 am on October 1 , stated the Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella.