LNP – Pope Francis has died, the Vatican says
Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, died on Monday (Apr 21) at the age of 88.
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LNP – MegaPay’s Pay&Go directly integrates with LECO to revolutionise bill payments
MegaPay’s Pay&Go platform has already transformed payment behaviour across the country with over 1,000 active digital kiosks and a widely used mobile app.
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LNP – EPF net worth soars to Rs. 4.37 tn as real returns hit decade high
Sri Lanka’s Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF), the nation’s largest retirement fund, reported a record 12.6 percent year-on-year surge in net worth to Rs. 4.37 trillion by the end of 2024, up from Rs. 3.89 trillion in 2023. The growth was driven by robust investment income and higher contributions.
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LNP – Heat index to hit ‘caution level’ in parts of the island
The Meteorology Department says that the Heat Index, the temperature felt on human body is likely to increase up to ‘Caution level’ tomorrow (21) in the Northern, North-central, North-western, Western, Southern and Eastern provinces and in Ratnapura, Monaragala districts.
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LNP – Justice delayed is justice denied’: Muslim groups issue statement on 6th anniversary of Easter attacks
On the sixth anniversary of the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks, a collective of Sri Lanka’s Muslim organizations issued a solemn statement of remembrance and renewed calls for justice, truth, and unit
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LNP – ‘There will never be issues with paddy prices again’, says President
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake assured that there will never again be an issue with the price of paddy.
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LNP – President denies saying no funds will be allocated for local bodies controlled by Opposition
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said today he never said no funds will be allocated for local bodies that are not controlled by the National People’s Power (NPP) as claimed by some people.
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LNP – CID arrests associate of ‘Pilleyan’
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has arrested an associate of former State Minister Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan alias ‘Pillayan’ over the incident of the disappearance of an University Vice Chancellor in the Eastern Province in 2006, the police said.
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