LNP - Increased demand for kerosene stoves in Pettah: Traders’

2021-10-15   |   Business

There is an acute scarcity of kerosene cookers in the Pettah market due to the sudden and colossal price increase of cooking gas, the Pettah United Na...

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LNP - Pfizer booster shots for all before March

2021-10-15   |   Uncategorized

● Booster roll-out to begin in November ● Youngsters to get booster 6 months after second dose ● Elderly, comorbidities to get it sooner ● C...

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LNP -University students to be given Pfizer vaccine as booster dose

2021-10-14   |   Health

University students fully vaccinated with Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine will be given a booster of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, says the Director-General of ...

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LNP - Sri Lanka’s COVID vaccination figures grow further

2021-10-14   |   Health

Sri Lanka has fully vaccinated 85 percent of its population aged above 20 years, according to Epidemiology Unit’s data. This amounts to 67.2 percent...

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LNP - Rishad Bathiudeen granted bail

2021-10-14   |   Technology

MP Rishad Bathiudeen, who was in remand custody after being arrested under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), has been granted bail by courts over...

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LNP - Compensate home-quarantined state employees through Agrahara: PM tells officials

2021-10-14   |   Uncategorized

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has directed the relevant authorities to formulate a mechanism to compensate the state employees who undergo home qua...

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LNP - Legal approval recieved for number portability service: TRCSL

2021-10-14   |   Crime

Legal approval has been received for the number portability facility, Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (TRCSL) Director General O...

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LNP - Central Bank maintains policy interest rates

2021-10-14   |   Politics

The Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka has decided to maintain the Standing Deposit Facility Rate (SDFR) and the Standing Lending Facilit...

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LNP - IMF lowers Sri Lanka’s outlook on persistent pandemic pressures

2021-10-14   |   Health

Cites supply chain issues, higher prices make recovery difficult and uneven Advocates for aggressive vaccination to look past pandemic for durable re...

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LNP - Edu. Minister conveys Govt’s final decision to reopen schools on Oct. 21

2021-10-14   |   Politics

Education Minister, Dinesh Gunawardena today assured that the government had taken the final decision to resume school education on October 21. Addres...

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LNP - 10-30 % of total infected patients suffer from post-COVID symptoms

2021-10-14   |   Health

Shedding light on post-COVID condition in Sri Lanka and control measures, a medical expert said at least 10 to 30% of total patients infected with COV...

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LNP - My popularity went sky high; I don’t know how it happened, says Yohani

2021-10-14   |   Technology

"Get ready to accept defeat. You can move on from there, "the internationally acclaimed Sri Lankan singer Yohani de Silva said at a press conference l...

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LNP - Indian PM to host President Rajapaksa at Kushinagar International Airport inauguration

2021-10-13   |   Crime

In what will be a major diplomatic visit next week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will be in Kushinagar in U...

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LNP - Police urge motorists to use alternative routes to ease traffic jam

2021-10-13   |   Crime

Police today advised public and motorists using Baseline Road and the port access road as alternative routes to minimize the traffic congestion due to...

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LNP - China insists no threat to ties with Sri Lanka

2021-10-13   |   Uncategorized

China has insisted that there is no threat to its bilateral relations with Sri Lanka despite the recent controversy over organic fertilizer. The spoke...

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LNP - Sri Lanka explores possibility of using Merck’s Oral antiviral pill

2021-10-13   |   Travel

Sri Lanka is exploring the possibility of using the oral antiviral pill developed by the pharmaceutical giant ‘Merck’ for the treatment of Covid-1...

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LNP - Rapid increase in kerosene stoves, electric cooker purchases: Pettah vendors

2021-10-13   |   Uncategorized

Due to the sudden increase in the prices of domestic gas, a trend has been created to buy kerosene stoves and electric cookers from markets around the...

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LNP - 65 arrested while waiting to migrate illegally

2021-10-13   |   Crime

Police have arrested 65 persons including a 4-year old girl who were staying at a hotel in Trincomalee to migrate illegally to a foreign country by se...

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LNP - Mendis, Gunathilaka and Dickwella allowed to play club cricket

2021-10-13   |   Crime

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has rescinded the domestic cricket ban handed to Kusal Mendis, Danushka Gunathilaka and Niroshan Dickwella, subject to the pla...

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LNP - Current restrictions likely to be extended until Oct. 31

2021-10-13   |   Uncategorized

The restrictions which are scheduled to be lifted from October 16 are likely to remain in effect until October 31, sources said. The Health Ministry o...

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LNP - Yohani returns from India

2021-10-13   |   Uncategorized

Sri Lankan singer, songwriter, rapper, music producer and financial specialist, who became popular in many countries around the world, returned to the...

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LNP - COVID vaccine: University students too show reluctance

2021-10-13   |   Health

There is still hesitancy shown by youth in getting COVID-19 vaccination and in particular, the university students have also been hesitant to get them...

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LNP - State minister addresses speculations on increasing bus fares

2021-10-12   |   Politics

State Minister of Bus Transport Services and Train Compartments Dilum Amunugama has assured that bus fares will not be increased amidst the recent pri...

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LNP - Sri Lanka expresses interest to host 2026 Commonwealth Games

2021-10-12   |   Uncategorized

Sri Lanka is among the countries which has reportedly expressed interest to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games, the BBC reported. Accordingly, Australia...

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LNP - Draft Bill on extending retirement age of private sector employees to be presented in Parliament

2021-10-12   |   Politics

The Cabinet approval was granted to present in Parliament the minimum retirement age for private sector employees Act which proposed to extend the ret...

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