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It is important that country’s leader inspects prisons – Tissa
Local

It is important that country’s leader inspects prisons – Tissa

Prisons must be subjected to reformation immediately, states former United National Party (UNP) General Secretary Tissa Attanayake. He points out…

byTeam Independent12/02/2020
Applications to be called online for all exams from 2020
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Applications to be called online for all exams from 2020

The Department of Examinations has made preparations to call applications online for all exams starting from this year. Accordingly, every…

byTeam Independent12/02/2020
Government to buy electricity from private sector
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Government to buy electricity from private sector

The government has decided to purchase 200 MW of power from the private sector to face the current power crisis.…

byTeam Independent12/02/2020
Sri Lanka’s electrocutions reached an alarming situation in 2019 – PUCSL report
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Sri Lanka’s electrocutions reached an alarming situation in 2019 – PUCSL report

Sri Lanka reported 103 fatalities due to electrocution in the year 2019 up from 89 fatalities reported in 2018, the…

byTeam Independent12/02/202012/02/2020
Artist Rohan Baddage nominated for the position of Sri Lanka High Commissioner for Maldives
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Artist Rohan Baddage nominated for the position of Sri Lanka High Commissioner for Maldives

The suitability of nominating and appointing Artist Rohan Baddage for the position of Sri Lanka High Commissioner for Maldives is…

byTeam Independent12/02/202012/02/2020
Earthquake: No threat to Sri Lanka
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Earthquake: No threat to Sri Lanka

  An earthquake of magnitude 5.4 has been recorded at 2.34 am today in Indian Ocean off South East coast…

byTeam Independent12/02/2020
Sri Lanka makes progress in human rights
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Sri Lanka makes progress in human rights

A European Union (EU) report, compiled by the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, has…

byTeam Independent12/02/2020
61 arrested over alleged links to NTJ further remanded
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61 arrested over alleged links to NTJ further remanded

The total of 61 suspects, who were arrested for allegedly having links to the now-banned terror group National Thowheed Jamaath…

byTeam Independent11/02/2020
Fake News: Media reports on second coronavirus case in SL dismissed
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Fake News: Media reports on second coronavirus case in SL dismissed

Media reports which claimed that a second coronavirus patient was found in Sri Lanka are baseless, Dr. Sudath Samaraweera, the…

byTeam Independent11/02/2020
If you are Sri Lankan, you don’t have to fear anything – Thondaman
Local

If you are Sri Lankan, you don’t have to fear anything – Thondaman

After Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa backed India’s decision bringing the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) by calling it an “internal” matter…

byTeam Independent11/02/2020

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