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Pharmacists at Kurunegala Hospital on symbolic strike

The Government Pharmacists Association says that a 24-hour symbolic strike will be implemented at the Kurunegala Teaching Hospital today (13). Its chairman, Ajith Thilakaratne, stated...

Walaskata arrested

Thilina Sampath alias Walaskata, who is said to be the main suspect in the drug trafficking and criminal network of Kehelbaddara Padme, an organized...

Retired Senior DIG Priyantha Jayakody granted bail

Retired Senior DIG Priyantha Jayakody, who was remanded in custody, has been granted bail by the Mahara Magistrate's Court. Regarding an allegation of making a...

Former State Minister Shashindra Rajapaksa remanded

Colombo Magistrate Thanuja Lakmali Jayatunga has ordered the remand of former State Minister Shashindra Rajapaksa, who was arrested by the Bribery Commission this morning,...

Five People who were removing a pile of Soil are buried under another pile of soil

Five people have been buried after another pile of soil collapsed on top of workers who were clearing a pile of soil that had...

COPA Chairman resigns

Parliamentarian Aravinda Senarath, who served as the Chairman of the Committee on Public Accounts (COPA), has resigned. The MP made this statement in a special...

Sri Lanka exports 15,000 tons of steel to Canada

Sri Lankan steel giant MELWA Group is set to export 15,000 metric tons of iron ore worth $9 million to the Canadian market for...

Former State Minister Shashindra Rajapaksa arrested

Former State Minister Shashindra Rajapaksa was arrested this morning in the Nugegoda area by officers of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or...

Sagala Rathnayake arrives at FCID

Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe's Chief of Staff Sagala Ratnayake arrived at the Financial Crimes Investigation Division this morning (06). That's to make a statement.

The resolution passed to remove Deshabandu Tennakoon from office is submitted to the President

The motion passed in Parliament to remove Deshabandu Tennakoon from the post of IGP has been forwarded to the President by Speaker Dr. Jagath...

Paddy procurement for the Yala season begins today

The government will begin purchasing the paddy harvest for this year's Yala season today (the 3rd). Accordingly, paddy will be purchased under the first phase...

Rain in several places today

The Department of Meteorology, in a statement, states that several spells of rain are likely to occur in the Western, Sabaragamuwa and Northwestern provinces...

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