President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who serves as both the Minister of Finance, Economic Stabilization, and National Policies, has announced a decision to waive the remaining Special Commodity Levy on imported Dates in honor of the upcoming Ramadan festival. The order, effective immediately, applies to Dates received as gifts or donations from...
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The High Commission of Bangladesh in Sri Lanka organized the International Mother Language Day celebration at Independence Square, Colombo on February 21, chaired by Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena. International Mother Language Day is celebrated annually on February 21 to promote multilingualism, protect mother languages and establish peace worldwide. The national...
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The Ministry of Education has announced the commencement of applications for the competitive examination for recruitment of teachers for Government and provincial schools. Eligible applicants are graduates aged below 40 and employed in the public sector. The Ministry is taking these measures in hopes of addressing the large shortage of...
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Nestlé Golden Chef’s Hat Competition is an island wide culinary competition conducted by Nestlé Professional Sri Lanka, in collaboration with Chef’s Guild of Lanka, to nurture new talent in the hospitality industry, which is imperative to prepare itself for the expected tourism boom. As the B2B arm of Nestlé Lanka,...
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The appointment of 06 Secretaries to State Ministries has been approved by the by the Committee on High Posts. The Committee on High Posts chaired by Hon. Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena, Speaker of Parliament, yesterday (30) approved the appointment of Prof. Gamini Gunawardena as the High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to...
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On imported big onions, the government has decided to levy a special excise fee of Rs. 40 per kilo. Last night, at the Cabinet meeting, the approval was given. The government has taken this action to protect the big onion farmer as the local big onion harvest approaches the market....
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Companies that import wheat flour into Sri Lanka have stated that there will be no price increases. Following conversations between the importers and the government, State Minister Lasantha Alagiyawanna to claimed that this was assured. More News: New Kelani Bridge almost complete – Min. Johnston Fernando The Quote: “Success is...
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Showers or thundershowers will occur at times in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central and North-Western provinces and in Galle and Matara districts. Fairly heavy showers above 50mm can be expected at some places. Showers or thundershowers may occur at a few places in the Uva province and in Batticaloa and Ampara districts...
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In an effort to enhance the nation’s digital financial landscape in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Sri Lanka’s leading private sector bank HNB PLC recently announced that its secure corporate payment platform, “PAYFAST”, had recorded over a colossal Rs.100 billion in volume during the first half of 2021. Among...
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Mr. V. Thiagendran, a resident of Jaffna, makes a donation of Rs. 10 million to the ‘ITUKAMA’ COVID-19 Healthcare and Social Security Fund. Chief of Defence Staff and Army Commander General Shavendra Silva handed over the relevant cheque to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat last morning (27). -...
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Huawei, the global smartphone brand has rolled out the Huawei Service Carnival from 19th July to 30th September 2021 at island wide service centers. Huawei will be rewarding its loyal customers by offering exclusive offers and promotions in order to provide a new look to their devices. The Huawei Service...
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Ranil Wickremesinghe, the leader of the United National Party (UNP) and former Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, said yesterday (19) that the government should take steps to ensure that at least 2,000 ventilators are on standby to save the lives of patients infected with current coronavirus strains in the future....
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Decisions taken at the meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers held on the 02.08.2021 1. Institutional partnership agreement between BCS – Information Technology Chartered Institute and General Sir John Kothalawala Defence University. It has been proposed to sign an agreement of institutional partnership in between and BCS – Information Technology...
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At its meeting this week, the Cabinet of Ministers approved the construction of a water villa resort on three leased islets off the coast of Kalpitiya. Sun Resort Investment Lanka Ltd. had proposed to build water villas on three islets that the company had already leased. On the islets of...
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The Human Resource Development (HRD) Office of Parliament conducted several training programmes for the staff members of the Parliament from 12th July to 16th July 2021. The first of the training programmes “Diversity, Inclusion and Communications” was conducted for the staff members of the Communication Department on the 12th July...
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SriLankan Airlines the National Carrier of Sri Lanka and a member of the oneworld alliance resumes flights to the Russian capital, Moscow. SriLankan's new service will operate a weekly scheduled flight between Colombo's Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) and Moscow's Domodedovo Airport (DME) from 30th July 2021. Accordingly, SriLankan would commence its flights...
Read moreShowers will occur at times in Sabaragamuwa province and in Kandy and Nuwara-Eliya districts. Showers or thundershowers will occur at a few places in Uva province and in Batticaloa and Ampara districts in the evening or night. Several spells of showers will occur in North-western and Western provinces and in...
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The Delta variant of COVID-19, first identified in India, is becoming the globally dominant variant of the disease, the World Health Organization's chief scientist said on Friday. Soumya Swaminathan also voiced disappointment in the failure of CureVac's (5CV.DE) vaccine candidate in a trial to meet the WHO's efficacy standard, in...
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The Ministry of Health has decided to build oxygen generation facilities at 15 of the country's hospitals. According to the Ministry, the quick project will cost Rs.1.3 billion. The project will be supported by a loan from the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank, according to a statement from...
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Sri Lanka's Director-General of Health Services announced on Friday (June 11) that 62 new COVID-19 victims have been recorded. According to data from the Government Information Department, the mortality toll from the viral infection has now reached 2,073. According to reports, 07 people died as a result of the viral...
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