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Maldivian President’s Office officials on study tour at Presidential Secretariat
Officials from the Maldivian President’s Office are on a study tour of the Presidential Secretariat. The primary areas of focus for their study tour include archives and records maintenance and ...
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Governor of South Australia pays courtesy call on PM
Ms. Frances Adamson AC, Governor of South Australia, paid a courtesy call on the Prime Minister  Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, on Sunday (22 June) at the Prime Minister’s Office. Welcoming the Governor, the ...
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Pant, Rahul centuries set England 371 to win at Headingley
England will need 371 to win the first Test at Headingley after India were dismissed for 364 in their second innings late on ...
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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights meets PM
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mr. Volker Türk  met Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, at the Prime ...
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Trump claims ceasefire reached between Israel and Iran
United States President Donald Trump  says that Iran and Israel have agreed to a “complete and total” ceasefire, which will ...
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Showers will occur in the Western, Sabaragamuwa and North-western provinces and in Galle, Matara, Kandy and Nuwara-Eliya districts
WEATHER FORECAST FOR 24 JUNE 2025 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 24 June 2025 by the Department of Meteorology  Several spells of ...
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Ex-NPP MP appointed new Finance Sec.
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake yesterday appointed Dr. Harshana Suriyapperuma as the new Secretary to the Ministry of Finance. He succeeds M.S. Siriwardena. Dr. Suriyapperuma, who served as a ...
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INNER VISION to revive musical memories of the Fab Four
The Beatles were known as the Fab Four but we will have to classify the group Inner Vision as the Fab Six as they will be recreating The Beatles era at The Hut, Mount Lavinia Hotel, this Friday, 27th ...
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SLMC discusses Israel-Iran conflict, PTA, etc., with UN Resident Coordinator
Rauff Hakeem MP, and Party Secretary, Nizam Kariapper PC, met United Nations Resident Coordinator in Sri Lanka Marc-André Franche, at the UN Office, Colombo, recently, for a constructive discussion on ...
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End sordid operations or be prepared to face consequences
Justice Minister Harshana Nanayakkara yesterday (23) asked senior officers of the Prisons Department to rid their institution of malpractices or be prepared to face the consequences. Nanayakkara said ...
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NJC warns Prez over Indo-Lanka MoUs
The National Joint Committee (NJC) has expressed serious concerns over recently concluded agreements between Sri Lanka and ...
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Former Amb. to Tehran decries Colombo’s position on US joining Israeli campaign against Iran
Sri Lanka’s former Ambassador in Tehran, M.M. Zuhair, PC, declared yesterday that the National People’s Power (NPP) government’s response to the massive US attack on Iran is pathetic. Referring to the ...