LPL played without Sports Ministry approval: Minister

Chairman of the Public Finance Committee Dr. Harsha de Silva has instructed the Finance and Trade Ministry to calculate and give the final price at which an egg could be sold.

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While rejecting reports circulating on social media, Sri Dalada Maligawa Diyawadana Nilame Pradeep Nilanga Dela stated that the electricity bill received for the Sri Dalada Maligawa was paid using the facility provided by the chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL).

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From next week, it will be mandatory for all government officers to report to work according to the recommended dress code as per the institution’s policies, the Public Administration Ministry said.

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The government has decided to implement the law against people who come to Sri Lanka as air passengers for the purpose of smuggling gold articles unnecessarily, Finance State Minister Ranjith Siambalapitiya said.

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There is a new trend of increasing use of synthetic drugs known as ’’ICE’’ (methamphetamine crystals) among schoolchildren, the National Dangerous Drugs Control Board (NDDCB) said.

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Hosts Qatar have been eliminated just two games into the World Cup after a 3-1 defeat to Senegal at Al Thumama Stadium.

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The tourist arrivals to the country for the first 20 days of November totalled 37,490, resulting in the total number of international visitors entering the country crossing the 600,000 mark.

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Former Central Bank governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal in his recently released publication on the current economic meltdown ‘Amidst Economic Hit Men’ says that if anyone is to blame for the current predicament, it is not only him but the previous administration, previous cabinet, finance minister and the monetary Board of the Central Bank as all the fiscal and economic decisions were taken collectively and not by a single person.

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The National Sports Council (NSC) headed by Chairman Arjuna Ranatunga is set to propose to the Sports Minister to appoint only reputed veteran players in their field as members of the respective National Sports Associations (NSA’s) including c

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Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today sought Sri Lanka’s support for sustainable, safe and voluntary repatriation of the forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals, Rohingyas, to their ancestral land in Rakhine state of Myanmar.

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The Delhi High Court on Friday passed an interim order restraining unauthorised use of actor Amitabh Bachchan’s voice, image, name or any other trait exclusively identifiable with him by any individual.

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The Civil Aviation Authority denied paying a single cent on behalf of any ceremony held at the airport on the day of Mr Basil Rajapaksa’s arrival.

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The Colombo Fort Magistrate has permitted the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) to record statements from owner of Thico Group Private Ltd. Thilini Priyamali who is in remand at the Welikada Prison.

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The main prosecution witness in the Hejaaz Hizbullah trial, Mohomed Malik today admitted of taking contradictory stances before judges at different times.

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While commenting on the proposal made to paste security stickers on liquor bottles, the Excise Department had gained a 20% income when compared with the sales done in the past 10 years, Finance State Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya said.

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The results of the GCE Ordinary Level (O/L) Examination 2021 (held in 2022) were released this evening, Examinations Department Commissioner General L.M.D. Dharmasena said.

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New Zealand all-rounder Jimmy Neesham and T20 World Cup winning West Indian Carlos Brathwaite are among the overseas players signed for this year’s Lanka Premier League (LPL).

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A two-year-old male child was reported to have been thrown out of the Samagipura Flats this morning, the police said.

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Claiming that the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) is incurring a loss of Rs. 423 billion even after the recent tariff revision, Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekara said today increasing eletricity tariffs will be inevitable for continuation of power supply.

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The Colombo Fort Magistrate today issued an order dismissing a private plaint filed against SSP Roshan Dias and ASP Nalin Dilruk over a criminal accusation that they wrongfully prevented and obstructed a peaceful protest near Galle Face on October 10.

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Discussions are in progress with British Council and other international academic institutions to get their assistance to implement the activity-based oral English for grade one students from the first term starting from March next year, Education Minister Susil Premajayantha said today.

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As per the 2023 budget proposal, the Immigration and Emigration Department has decided to increase the fees of visas, and other charges with effect from December 1.

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The Colombo High Court today served indictments on five accused including the Captain of the fire-ravaged container ship MV X-Press Perl and four other directors of the Local Agent of X-Press Perl vessel for causing damages to the country’s oceanic environment.

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Five people belonging to a family from Killinochi district, Sri Lanka, reached the Indian waters at Dhanuskodi first islet at around 5 a.m. on Thursday.

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The United Kingdom is providing GBP 880,000 (USD 1,043,395) to strengthen the food and nutrition security of marginalised fishers in nine Fisheries Districts in the country.

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The Central Bank forewarned that it would be compelled to bring in administrative controls such as deposits and lending rate caps unless the markets adjust their interest rates to reflect the easing inflation and improvement in money market liquidity.

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Subsequent to his revelation in the Parliament about forging the security sticker pasted on liquor bottles, Opposition MP Buddhika Pathirana yesterday said several hundred thousand liquor bottles with forged security stickers have already entered the market.

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Former President Maithripala Sirisena yesterday said his party colleague Chandrika Kumaratunga is seeing things in the night and is imagining things.

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Former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga set the stage for another controversy as she said the Easter Sunday terrorist attack was something orchestrated to enable former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to come to power in 2019.

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