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State Minister of Finance Shehan Semasinghe says that applications will be called for the second phase of the "Aswesuma" welfare benefits programme will commence in January 2024. MORE..
10 Dec 2023 (4:16 PM)
The postal workers have decided to resort to a 48-hour token strike from 04.00 p.m. today (Dec. 10), the United Postal Trade Unions Front says. MORE..
10 Dec 2023 (5:02 PM)
Finance State Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya says Value-Added Tax (VAT) would be imposed on 97 out of the 138 goods that were previously freed from the tax, in a bid to boost state revenue. MORE..
10 Dec 2023 (1:20 PM)
The National Building and Research Organisation (NBRO), on Sunday (Dec. 10) issued early landslide warnings for several localities in nine districts, to be in effect until 03.30 p.m. tomorrow (Dec. 11). MORE..
10 Dec 2023 (10:14 PM)
Initial data shows that lightning strikes on the Kotmale to Biyagama transmission line had caused the island-wide power breakdown yesterday (Dec. 09), a spokesman for the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) said. MORE..
10 Dec 2023 (12:14 PM)
