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Commenting on the promotion of 225 Chief Inspectors to the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) yesterday, Public Security Minister Rear Admiral Dr. Sarath Weerasekara said that Police Chief Inspectors (CI) had not been…

All grades in schools are scheduled to commence by November, Minister of State for Education Reforms and Open Universities Susil Premajayantha said in Parliament yesterday (08). State Minister Premajayantha explained that schools…

Thirukumar Nadesan, the husband of former Minister Nirupama Rajapaksa has arrived at the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC). He arrived at the Commission to give a statement regarding the…

The Government has taken a decision to give priority to the import of electric vehicles to reduce air pollution, Environment Minister Mahinda Amaraweera stated. He was addressing the State Ministerial Subcommittee of the…

At least 29 people have been killed in fatal road accidents across the country in the past week. During the last three weeks the number of fatal accidents on the roads have gone up, according to police. Police spokesman SSP…

Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana, Speaker of Parliament, endorsed the certificate on the Petroleum Resources Bill today (08) The Bill was taken for debate in Parliament on the 6th and it was passed without a vote. The Bill seeks to…

Inter-provincial travel restrictions will continue till October 21, stated the President’s Media Division. The decision has been taken at the meeting of the Special Committee on COVID-19 Control.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa directs the health authorities to commence administering Pfizer-BioNTech COVID vaccine to students aged 18 - 19 years from October 21, stated the President’s Media Division. The children will be given…

421 more individuals recovered from COVID-19 bringing the total recoveries in the country to 479,182, the Epidemiology Unit confirmed

Foreign Minister Prof. G. L. Peiris co-chaired a meeting with the Minister of Youth and Sports, Minister of Development Co-ordination and Monitoring and State Minister of Digital Technology and Enterprise Development Namal Rajapaksa,…