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PRESIDENT LEADS TALKS TO BOOST SRI LANKA'S YEAR-ROUND TOURISM

Sri Lanka, June 7 -- A discussion aimed at identifying strategies to attract tourists during the offseason was held yesterday (06) at the Presidential Secretariat, chaired by President Anura Kumara Di... Read More


SUBSTANDARD COSMETICS SEIZED IN RAJAGIRIYA

Sri Lanka, June 7 -- Officers from the Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) have raided and sealed two locations in Obeysekarapura and Ambagaha Junction, Rajagiriya, where numerous foreign-made beauty cre... Read More


RAILWAY DEPARTMENT TO INSPECT ALL SIGNAL SYSTEMS

Sri Lanka, June 7 -- The Railway Department has announced that all signal systems across the island will undergo special inspections. The General Manager of Railways, Dhammika Jayasundara, stated tha... Read More


SCHOOL VAN CRASH IN NUWARA ELIYA INJURES THREE

Sri Lanka, June 7 -- A van transporting schoolchildren veered off the road and crashed yesterday (6), in the Brookside Estate area on the Ragala-Nuwara Eliya main road. The accident resulted in injur... Read More


PM'S OFFICE LAUNCHES INTERNAL AFFAIRS UNIT

Sri Lanka, June 7 -- The Internal Affairs Unit of the Prime Minister's Office was officially established at the Temple Trees yesterday (6). According to the Prime Minister's media division, this init... Read More


COPE RECOMMENDS INDEPENDENT PROBE INTO SABARAGAMUWA UNIVERSITY

Sri Lanka, June 7 -- The Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) has recommended the appointment of an independent investigation committee to thoroughly examine all allegations of corruption and irregu... Read More


COASTAL LINE TRAIN SERVICES NORMALISE

Sri Lanka, June 7 -- Train services on the coastal line are now operating as normal, according to Dhammika Jayasundara, the General Manager of Railways. He made this statement to Hiru News, addressin... Read More


BUS CONDUCTOR ASSAULTED AFTER CONFRONTING HARASSERS ON BOARD

Sri Lanka, June 7 -- A bus conductor has been assaulted with sticks and injured, after he intervened to stop 2 youths from sexually harassing several young women, including a mother and daughter, on a... Read More


SEVERAL SCHOOLS IN ANURADHAPURA CLOSED FOR NATIONAL POSON WEEK

Sri Lanka, June 7 -- 12 schools in and around Anuradhapura city and Mihintale will be closed from today until the 12th of June, for the National Poson Week. The North Central Provincial Education Dep... Read More


SAMANTHA FERNANDO HONORED AND REWARDED FOR AVERTING DEADLY TRAIN COLLISION

Sri Lanka, June 6 -- No good deed goes unnoticed, as Samantha Fernando, a resident of Modara, Moratuwa, has received special recognition from the Chairman of Hiru Media Network, Mr. Rayynor Silva, for... Read More