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The Ceylon Electricity Board is preparing to purchase 300 MW of electricity from the private sector. CEB officials noted that the power purchase will be...

Minister of Foreign Relations, Dinesh Gunawardene is currently engaged in a two-day official visit to India. Minister Gunawardene visited India based on an invitation extended...

The parliamentary group of the United National Party (UNP) is scheduled to meet today (09). MP Wijepala Hettiarachchi said the meeting, chaired by party leader...

UNP Member of Parliament Ranjan Ramanayake yesterday said it is questionable as to how the copies of CDs seized from him went into the...

A Maradana-bound train has stalled at Kahawa railway station this morning (08), the Railway Control Room said. The commuter train had departed from Galle. However, the...

The government will consider strengthening laws to protect wildlife in the wake of last year's and this month's killing of several rare and protected...

The second day of adjournment debate on the government policy statement presented by the President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is scheduled to be held today (08). The...

Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa told Parliament yesterday that his party was prepared to support the government to implement all progressive proposals in its presidential...

Government members are expected to request President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa to probe the exposures from the audio recording among former...

43,128 people have been arrested for excise related offences over the past year. The Excise Department added, 4252 of them were women. The suspects have...