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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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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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A meeting between the President and US President Joe Biden

A meeting between US President Joe Biden and President Wickremesinghe took place in New York recently. The meeting took place during the dinner hosted by US President Joe Biden for all the heads of state who participated in the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly. Here, US President Joe Biden welcomed the President …

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