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OPPOSITION LEADER SEEKS PRINCE WILLIAM'S SUPPORT FOR ELEPHANT CONSERVATION

Sri Lanka, Aug. 27 -- Sri Lanka's Leader of the Opposition, Sajith Premadasa, has formally asked Britain's Prince William to help with the country's elephant conservation efforts. He warned that the ... Read More


CEB EMPLOYEES CAN APPLY TO ANY OF THE FOUR RESTRUCTURED COMPANIES FROM TODAY

Sri Lanka, Aug. 27 -- The Ceylon Electricity Board, or CEB, has been restructured into four companies under the provisions of the new Sri Lanka Electricity Act. According to the Ministry of Power and... Read More


ONLINE SYSTEM PLANNED FOR DRIVER'S LICENSE MEDICAL CERTIFICATES

Sri Lanka, Aug. 27 -- Deputy Minister of Ports and Civil Aviation Janitha Ruwan Kodithuwakku announced that plans are underway to introduce an online system for issuing medical certificates required t... Read More


COLOMBO MAGISTRATE ORDERS CID PROBE INTO CONTEMPT OF COURT.

Sri Lanka, Aug. 27 -- A Colombo Magistrate today ordered the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to initiate an investigation against individuals who have made statements deemed insulting to the j... Read More


THREE DEAD, INCLUDING TWO SCHOOLCHILDREN, IN KULIYAPITIYA COLLISION

Sri Lanka, Aug. 27 -- Three people, including two schoolchildren, were killed in a horrific head-on collision between a school van and a sand-filled tipper truck this morning near the Wila pala Bridge... Read More


FORMER PRESIDENT RANIL WICKREMESINGHE ADVISED TO UNDERGO URGENT HEART SURGERY

Sri Lanka, Aug. 27 -- Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe has been advised to undergo urgent heart surgery, according to Dr. Rukshan Bellana, Deputy Director of the Colombo National Hospital. Speak... Read More


ASWESUMA ALLOWANCE CREDITED TO ELDERLY BENEFICIARIES

Sri Lanka, Aug. 27 -- Sri Lanka's Welfare Benefits Board says the monthly allowance for low-income elderly citizens over the age of 70 has been credited to bank accounts today. According to the board... Read More


GAZETTE TO BE AMENDED TO ALLOW WOMEN TO APPLY FOR RAILWAY STATION MASTER POST

Sri Lanka, Aug. 27 -- The Attorney General's Department has informed the Supreme Court that the gazette notice for the recruitment of station masters for Sri Lanka Railways has been submitted to the C... Read More


MEDIATION BILL FOR CIVIL, COMMERCIAL DISPUTES APPROVED BY PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE

Sri Lanka, Aug. 27 -- The Mediation (Civil and Commercial Disputes) Bill has been approved by the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Public Administration, Justice, and Civil Security, the Sri Lankan Par... Read More


SCHOOL TEACHER REMANDED ON CHILD ABUSE CHARGES

Sri Lanka, Aug. 27 -- A teacher from a leading school in Anuradhapura has been remanded until the 8th of next month for allegedly abusing a 12-year-old male student in the school's mathematics lab. T... Read More