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Focus on developing Trinco oil tank farm Talks held with UAE, Saudi, Kuwaiti and Qatar envoys New refineries proposed The Ministry of Power and Energy has initiated preliminary work on …

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, in his capacity as the Minister of Finance announced significant revisions to the excise duties on alcohol and cigarettes, which came into effect yesterday, January 11. …

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake will undertake a State visit to the People’s Republic of China from January 14 to 17 at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping. President Dissanayake …

All non-graduate Government school teachers who wish to qualify as trained teachers should sit for the Government Teachers’ College Final Examination – 2025 in May. The Department of Examinations in …

Deputy Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs Sunil Watagala has reaffirmed the National People’s Party (NPP) Government’s commitment to ensuring the equal application of the law. Responding to allegations …

Officials of the Sri Lanka Customs said that 60 percent of the containers subjected to random checks under the new clearance process in the Colombo harbour were found to have …

A high-level roundtable discussion on the India–Sri Lanka partnership was held in Colombo on Friday. It was organised by the High Commission of India. This was the first of its …

The major risk of the water leak of the Aluth Divulwewa tank has been controlled and the vulnerable sections of the earthen bund near the South sluice have been reinforced …