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Sapugaskanda refinery to operate as separate entity

Sri Lanka, March 20 -- The Government has decided to operate the Sapugaskanda Oil Refinery as a public enterprise separated from the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC). The Cabinet of Ministers has g... Read More


Cabinet nod to import another 42 Mn eggs for festive season

Sri Lanka, March 20 -- The Government has taken measures to import another stock of 42 million eggs for the festive season, the Government Information Department said. The Cabinet of Ministers previo... Read More


Free sanitary napkin vouchers for 800,000 school girls from April

Sri Lanka, March 20 -- Education Minister Susil Premajayantha told Parliament yesterday that the programme of providing sanitary napkins to the schoolgirls for free will be started from April this yea... Read More


Six more MPs resign from COPE

Sri Lanka, March 20 -- Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) MP Dayasiri Jayasekara, MP Prof. Charitha Herath, Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MPs S. M. Marikkar and Hesha Withanage and TNA MP S. R. Rasamanicka... Read More


Eran resigns from COPE

Sri Lanka, March 19 -- Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Eran Wickramaratne has resigned from the Parliamentary Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) with effect from yesterday (18). "COPE has been es... Read More


World Bank funded dental micromotors worth Rs 3.5 Mn to strengthen services

Sri Lanka, March 15 -- A report published by the World Health Organisation has revealed that 3.5 billion people suffer from oral diseases with three out of four affected living in low and middle-incom... Read More


Kidney-related ailments afflict one in 10 Sri Lankans

Sri Lanka, March 15 -- Approximately 10 percent of the Sri Lankan population is afflicted with kidney-related ailments, consultant Nephrologist & adviser to SLKPA Association Dr. Sanjaya Heiyanthuduwa... Read More


Cabinet nod for draft Bill on Parate Law amendment

Sri Lanka, March 13 -- Cabinet Spokesman, Mass Media Minister Dr. Bandula Gunawardhana yesterday said that the Cabinet of Ministers has also given its approval to publish the Draft Bill of the Recover... Read More


NSBM to get new Medical Faculty

Sri Lanka, March 13 -- The government has decided to upgrade the Homagama Base Hospital as a Teaching Hospital for the establishment of a Faculty of Medicine under the National School of Business Mana... Read More


Project to empower 16,000 Aswasuma families

Sri Lanka, March 13 -- The government has taken measures to implement a pilot programme to empower families receiving benefits under 'Aswasuma', Cabinet Spokesman, Mass Media Minister Dr. Bandula Guna... Read More