Election officials have issued special gazettes setting the date for the local government election to be held on April 25. Accordingly, according to the instructions of the Election Commission, each Returning Officer has fixed the dates for holding the election through special gazettes No. 2322/28 to 2322/52, the Election Commission said in a statement. The …
According to the report, the dollar, which was depreciating against the rupee for several days, showed a slight decrease today. According to the exchange rates issued by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka on a daily basis, the buying price of the US dollar is Rs.311.62 and the selling price is Rs.328.90. Below is how …
State Minister for Primary Industries Chamara Sampath Dissanayake said that before cutting the pension of the former First Lady, the former MPs of the Janata Vimukti Peramuna should pay back the pension to the government. Speaking at the Parliament, he said that 39 former MPs of the Janata Vimukti Peramuna have taken an amount of …
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Sri Lanka has imported 67,964,160 kg of wheat flour in the year 2022, says the Minister of State for Finance Ranjith Siyambalapitiya. The cost for this is 30 million dollars.The state minister said that the annual per capita consumption of wheat flour in the country, divided by the amount of imported flour by the population …
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According to a report issued by the World Health Organization, the alcohol industry has grown by 95% from 2004 to 2016, but the legal alcohol industry has grown by only 50%, he said. However, the state minister emphasized that the report shows that the growth of illegal alcohol production has increased by 300%. Soft liquor …
According to the report, with the strengthening of the Sri Lankan rupee against the US dollar today, people who transact money using the Undial system are further restricting the transfer of dollars at private money changers. According to market sources, the value of the dollar has fallen to 290 rupees at the foreign currency exchange …
The efforts to bring the two strong criminals Nadun Chinthaka Wickramaratne aka Harak Kata and Salindu Malshitha Gunaratne aka Panadure Kudu Salidu, who are arrested in an operation by the country’s security forces in Madagascar, to Sri Lanka are being delayed because of the plane bringing these two criminals. Police information revealed that the flight …
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SriLankan flight UL131, which left Katunayake for Trichy, India yesterday morning, was piloted by an all-female crew.
Electricity and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera stated in Parliament today (08) that electricity bills can be reduced by next December. The minister said this while replying to a question raised by opposition leader Sajith Premadasa in Parliament regarding the increase in electricity bills.
The Samagi Jana Balawegaya has decided to file a case against Finance Ministry Secretary Mahinda Siriwardena before the court. That was said by the General Secretary of the party, Member of Parliament Ranjith Madduma Bandara He also mentioned that this step will be taken on the basis that he did not participate in the meeting …
