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Registration for Awareness Sessions Regarding Implementation of Trade Policy and proposed Free Trade Agreements

Ministry of Development Strategies and International Trade has been conducting awareness programs on proposed Free Trade Agreements and trade polic...

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President Kumaratunga becomes the first Sri Lankan to be awarded France’s Highest National Order - Commander of the Legion of Honour

Former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga became the first Sri Lankan to be awarded the Prestigious Medal of Commander in the National Order...

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Media Resource Center for RTI activates

The Ministry of Finance and Mass Media and Finance is to start Media Resources Centre to popularise the activities of right to information next year Add...

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Strong gusty winds with showers

Fairly strong gusty winds up to 50 kmph can be expected in Central, North-western, North-central and Southern provinces and in Badulla and Trincomalee d...

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The official flag of SERTORA 2018 pinned on President

The Dharmaraja Scouts of the Dharmaraja College in Kandy has organized a disaster management training programme for the scouts in the country for the fi...

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President predicts: Future budgets will remove export barriers

Future budget proposals will consider eradicating the barriers faced by exporters, President Maithripala Sirisena said.The government is constantly seek...

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Transportation sector to embrace digital technology

Minister of Transportation and Civil Aviation Nimal Siripala De Silva assured that the country’s transportation sector will undergo major changes in the...

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PM Office refutes the news item

Prime Minister’s Office refutes the news item carried by a private media channel which states that the Prime Minister has asked the Inspector General of...

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President says future budget will consider eradicating export barriers

President Maithripala Sirisena said that the future budget suggestions will consider in eradicating the barriers faced by exporters.The government is co...

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Data Science and Artificial Intelligence program launches

The stage is set to establish data science as the third pillar within Sri Lanka’s ICT exports with the launch of the Training Program in Fundamentals of...

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Special High Court hears Gamini Senarath’s case daily from the 29th of October

The first case to be taken up by the three-judge bench of the Special Trial at Bar decided today, to hear the case filed by the FCID against Gamini Sena...

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Economy recovers to 3.7% growth

The Department of Census and Statistics (DCS) in releasing National Accounts estimates for the second quarter of 2018 yesterday said that economic growt...

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Enterprise Sri Lanka to challenge entitlement culture

State Minister of Finance and Mass Media Eran Wickramaratne said Sri Lanka has a deeply entrenched entitlement culture which works against the entrepren...

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‘German businessmen keen on investing more in Lanka’

The German business community in Sri Lanka is upbeat on Sri Lankan economy and more investments are being made by them, Chief Delegate of German Industr...

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President clarifies decision to summon Austrian embassy staff

Stressing the importance of properly fulfilling duties and responsibilities, President Maithripala Sirisena yesterday gave a clarification on his decisi...

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The 154th birth anniversary of Srimath Anagarika Dharmapala held

President Maithripala Sirisena says a great patriot like Anagarika Dharmapala will be the people’s aspiration for today as well as for tomorrow like it ...

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President invites all to join to fulfill responsibilities towards the environment

President Maithripala Sirisena says all must unite to fulfill the national responsibility on the National Tree Planting Week by planting at least a one ...

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