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Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) MP Namal Rajapaksa said that if the President believes education reforms compatible with the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) are also compatible with the country, then a wrong decision has been taken.
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Vice President of the Democratic People’s Front and Tamil Progressive Alliance (TPA) Barath Arullsamy has called on the government to assume full responsibility for providing disaster relief housing to plantation families urging authorities not to merge such efforts with the Indian Housing Project.
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Nobel Peace Prize laureate and opposition leader Maria Corina Machado expressed her desire to share the Nobel Prize with U.S. President Donald Trump, prompting the Norwegian Nobel Committee—which administers the Nobel Peace Prize—to state, “Once announced, the Nobel Prize cannot be revoked, shared, or transferred to another person.”
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The U.S. government issued a new security alert Saturday urging Americans in Venezuela to leave the country immediately, citing security concerns and the U.S. government’s inability to provide emergency assistance, according to the U.S. Embassy Caracas.
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Bob Weir, the guitarist who co-founded the Grateful Dead, has died aged 78. Weir, a cornerstone of the California psychedelic rock group and many of its offshoots, passed away after a battle with cancer and lung issues, according to a post on his Instagram.
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Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya said the Government has commenced measures to bring preschool education under a single national framework, align it with a unified curriculum, conduct preschool teacher training systematically and ensure quality standards.
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The National Communication Programme for Child Health Promotion, aimed at promoting social and behavioural change (SBCC) among early childhood children, was launched today (10) at Temple Trees under the patronage of Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya.
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The Ministry of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government has directed all state institutions to introduce flexible work shifts for Muslim public servants to facilitate the observance of religious practices during the holy month of Ramadan.
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A collective of more than 2,200 employees of the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) who applied for the Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS) has urged the Energy Minister to intervene immediately, citing severe hardship caused by delays in gazetting the “Appointed Date” for CEB restructuring.