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Johnston – Dan granted bail Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Parliamentarian Johnston Fernando has been granted bail in relation to the unrest reported in Colombo on the 9th of May and released on two surety bails amounting to Rs.10 million each.…

Package with 13,640 ICE tablets seized! A package containing 13,640 Crystal Methamphetamine tablets also know as ‘ICE’ has been seized by officials at the Central Mail Exchange. The package had arrived from the Netherlands on the 4th of March and…

Dudley loses it at millers’ press briefing A heated situation had arisen during the media briefing held today (22) in Colombo by the rice millers. The media briefing was held to raise awareness on rice prices. The heated situation arose…

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka Launches the International Transactions Reporting System Recognising the need to implement a comprehensive cross border transactions and domestic foreign currency transactions monitoring system as a key national priority, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka…

China pledges rice donations Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe held discussions with the Deputy Ambassador of China – Mr. Hu Wei, this morning (21). During the discussions the Prime Minister re-iterated Sri Lanka’s adherence to the “One China Policy”. He also…

Fuel crisis affects parliament Parliament proceedings have been reduced to two days this week taking into consideration the fuel crisis in the country. Accordingly, Parliament proceedings will be limited to today (21) and tomorrow (22). The Leader of the House…

PMB rice to sold from next week The paddy owned by the Paddy Marketing Board (PMD), will be converted into rice and will be sold under the PMB Rice brand from next week. The Paddy Marketing Board (PMD) said that…

No COVID-19 deaths have been confirmed yesterday (20) by the Director-General of Health Services. Accordingly, the current COVID-19 death toll remains at 16,520.

Foreign job seekers : Notice from SLBFE Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment has warned the general public to be cautious of the legality of any individual of institute before handing over passports or money for any potential foreign employment…

Filling stations become underworld kingdoms! The public are facing severe difficulties due to certain filling stations becoming the kingdoms of the underworld, it is reported. There are reports that certain underworld activists and thugs have infiltrated petrol stations, threatened the…