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Maximum retail price for rice gazetted

The Consumer Affairs Authority also issued an Extraordinary Gazette notification setting the maximum retail price for four rice varieties . Accordingly the maximum retail price for a kilo of Keeri Samba is Rs 125 while White/Red…

LTTE proscription continues in UK

Sri Lanka has been made aware that the UK Home Secretary has decided to maintain the proscription of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) as a terrorist organization under the UK Terrorism Act No. 7 of 2000. The Home…

Bathiudeen throws out mobile

Magazine Prison officers have found remanded MP Rishard Bathiudeen using a mobile phone in his cell on September 1. The Chief Jailor and another jailor had witnessed the incident where the MP had thrown out the said mobile phone…

621 quarantine law violators arrested

621 persons were arrested yesterday for not wearing face masks and failing to maintain social distancing, stated the Police Media Division. So far 63,331 suspects have been arrested for not wearing face masks and maintaining…

Decision on quarantine curfew today

The decision on extending or lifting the current quarantine curfew by Monday will be taken today (3). Health Services Director-General Dr Asela Gunawardena, said the decision will be taken by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19…

CAA recovered sugar stock during a raid

The Consumer Affairs Authority today recovered a large stock of sugar weighing up to 170,000kg from a warehouse in Uyandana in the Kurunegala district CAA officials seized this stock during a raid conducted in the area on a tip…