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Nearly 1,500 tons of solid waste, four tons of plastic PET bottles, and 50 kilograms of plastic garlands were collected at the end of last year’s Kataragama Esala Perahera season, the Central Environmental Authority (CEA) said.
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A special traffic plan will be in place in view of the upcoming Bohra convention, scheduled to take place on June 25, and from June 27 to July 5, at the Bambalapitiya Bohra Mosque and the Sri Lanka Exhibition and Convention Centre, Police said.
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The Medical Specialists’ Association has written to the Health Minister, saying that government hospitals are not receiving enough essential medicines and medical equipment. The Association’s President, Ravi Kumudesh, revealed this at a press conference yesterday.
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Three women were arrested for killing thirteen flapshell turtles (Kiri Ibba) and preparing them for consumption inside a wildlife sanctuary in the Polonnaruwa area, the Polonnaruwa Wildlife Conservation officer said.
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Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz has just issued a statement, saying he has ordered the Israel Defence Forces to ’’respond forcefully to Iran’s violation of the ceasefire with intense strikes against regime targets in the heart of Tehran’’.
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Israel has agreed to U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposal for a ceasefire with Iran, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement. This followed Trump’s announcement that the truce is now in effect and his call for both sides to refrain from violating it.
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The government is planning to renovate 50 major bus stands nationwide, including the Colombo Central Bus Stand under the ’Clean Sri Lanka’ programme with assistance from the Sri Lanka Air Force, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said.
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Thailand’s military has closed border crossings into Cambodia to almost all travellers, including tourists and traders, citing security concerns as tensions between the two Southeast Asian neighbours remain escalated over a simmering border dispute.
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A specialist neurosurgeon at the Sri Jayewardenepura General Hospital, a management assistant and her employee ordered to be further remanded till July 8 by Colombo Cheif Magistrate Thanuja Lakmali Jayathunga today, over allegations of corruption.
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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday a ceasefire between Israel and Iran was now in place and asked both countries not to violate it, only hours after Iran launched waves of missiles, which Israel’s ambulance service said killed four people.
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Oil prices fell sharply to their lowest in more than a week on Tuesday as U.S. President Donald Trump said a ceasefire has been agreed between Iran and Israel, alleviating worries of supply disruptions in the Middle East - a major oil-producing region.
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The Committee on Public Finance (COPF) has directed the creation of a special mechanism to monitor the importation of casino machines, while approval was granted for the importation, its Chairman Harsha de Silva said yesterday.
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The Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka (CAASL) announced that Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) and Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (MRIA) have been placed on standby to accommodate any emergency landing requests from civil airlines, following the escalating situation in Qatar and the wider Middle East
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The Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka (CAASL) announced today that five SriLankan Airlines flights have been diverted to alternative airports in Muscat (Oman), Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), and Dubai due to the escalating situation in the Middle East.
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Sri Lankan athletes won two gold medals and two silver medals on the first day of the Thai Open Athletic Championship in Bangkok (23). The meet, which will be held until June 25, will feature athletes from several countries in the Asian region.