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The new Governing Board of the Central Bank meets for the first time

The new Board of Governors of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, established under the provisions of the Central Bank Act No. 16 of 2023, held its first meeting yesterday, September 21, 2023. This new governing body has been established after the abolition of the previous Finance Board under the provisions of the Money Law …

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5000 hectares of land is distributed to plantation workers

Minister of Plantation Industries Ramesh Pathirana says that it is planned to present a ministerial paper regarding the provision of plots of land of 10 perches each for plantation workers. The Minister mentioned this when the Ministerial Consultative Committee on Plantation Industries met. The minister pointed out that 60,000 of the approximately 250,000 plantation worker …

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For sacred places, land from Harin at Rs 100 per perch

The Land Reforms Commission states that out of the three hundred and forty-three sacred places that have been identified as lacking deeds, 153 are being speedily prepared for the deeds. This program is implemented on the advice of Tourism and Lands Minister Harin Fernando. There, the value of a perch is assessed as one hundred …

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Two liquor manufacturing companies disappear after unpaid excise duty of Rs. 1400 million

Chairman of the Parliament’s Ways and Procedures Committee Patali Champika Ranawaka states that the officials of the Excise Department have informed the said Committee that they cannot even find the whereabouts of the two companies named ”wayaba Spirits” and ”Globe Blender’,” which have defrauded the government of over 1400 million rupees in excise duty. M.P …

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Canadian Prime Minister accuses Indian diplomats for murder

Foreign media reports that relations between India and Canada have broken down badly after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that there are credible reports that Indian officials in Canada are involved in the killing of a separatist, a Canadian citizen, Hardeep Singh Nijjar. Nijjar, a Sikh separatist activist fighting for an independent state of Khalistan …

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Another Sri Lankan under international red notice was arrested in Dubai

According to the report, Lalith Kannangara, an organized criminal and a drug trafficker who is on international red notice, has been arrested in Dubai. He was arrested when he arrived at the Dubai airport with another group. According to police sources,Lalith Kannangara is the mastermind behind the murder of the shop owner in Hanwella on …

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There is no danger of ‘nipa’ for Sri Lanka

Director General of Health Services, Dr. Asela Gunawardena, said that there was a tendency for the “Nipa” virus to spread as an infection in several parts of the Indian state of Kerala, but it has no effect on the country. He said this while addressing a press conference held yesterday afternoon (21) to inform people …

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