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Health Minister admits Govt failing to meet medicine demand
Cabinet Spokesperson and Minister of Health and Mass Media Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa acknowledged that the government is currently unable to meet the full...
Ceylon Chamber of Commerce appoints Krishan Balendra as chairperson
Krishan Balendra, Chairperson of John Keells Holdings PLC, has been elected as the new Chairperson of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce at its...
Nissanka and Chandimal extend Sri Lanka’s dominance
Stumps Sri Lanka 290 for 2 (Nissanka 146*, Chandimal 93, Nayeem 1-45) lead Bangladesh 247 (Shadman 46, Mushfiqur 35, Dinusha 3-22, Asitha 3-51)...
Govt to import 40,000 MT of Keeri Samba to tackle rice shortage
The government has decided to import 40,000 metric tons of Keeri Samba and substitute rice varieties in a bid to address the current...
Visiting UN rights chief told of Sri Lanka’s ‘arsenal’ against Tamil nationalism
A Northern Tamil political leader has raised concerns with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights regarding the ‘arsenal’ used by the...
Noncommunicable diseases on the rise among children
The prevalence of noncommunicable diseases has increased among children, warned community health specialist Monika Wijerathne. The director of the Health Ministry’s nutrition unit...
International donors raise alarm over changes to Electricity Act
Three leading global donors have expressed concerns over some of the amendments to the Electricity Act urging the Government reconsider the move to...
LankaPay processes Rs. 34 Trillion in transactions for 2024
Sri Lanka’s national payment network ‘LankaPay’ processed a total of Rs. 34 trillion in transactions in 2024, its CEO Channa De Silva said,...
