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HNB Finance provides relief to Nawalapitiya flood victims: |  | Aug 17, Colombo: Responding to the critical needs of the people affected by severe floods in the Nawalapitiya region, HNB Finance PLC’s Nawalapitiya Branch spearheaded an expedited campaign on August 5, 2022, to supply rations in an effort to provide relief and nutrition to those affected by the flooding caused due to continuous rain. |
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Government to offer a higher price for paddy from tomorrow: |  | Aug 16, Colombo: Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Wildlife and Forest Resources Conservation Mahinda Amaraweera has presented cabinet paper to the cabinet of Ministers yesterday (15) to provide a higher price for paddy to the rice farmers. |
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Three locally produced medicines released to the market: |  | Aug 15, Colombo: Health Minister Dr. Keheliya Rambukwella points out that the plan to locally produce 40 percent of the medicines needed in this country is currently being implemented and 20 percent of the target has been achieved by now. |
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Aragalaya activist Dhanish Ali granted bail: |  | Aug 15, Colombo: The Colombo Magistrate’s Court today ordered that Dhanish Ali, who was arrested for forcibly entering the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation and disrupting the broadcast, be released on bail. |
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Pakistan extends continued support to Sri Lanka: |  | Aug 14, Colombo: Pakistan extends its continued support to Sri Lanka in its march towards continued progress, prosperity and peace in the years ahead, the Pakistan High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Major General (R) Umar Farooq Burki said today. |
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Sri Lanka Defense Ministry lifts the ban imposed on six Tamil organizations: |  | Aug 14, Colombo: The Ministry of Defense has decided to lift the ban on six international Tamil organizations that were designated in the past as proscribed organizations in Sri Lanka for supporting the terrorist organization Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and time to time funding for terrorism. |
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BOI achieves more than 50 percent of its investment targets for the year: |  | Aug 14, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Investment promotion agency, the Board of Investment (BOI) has set a target of US$ 2 billion under new investment projects for this year and more than half of the expected target has been achieved so far, Director General of Sri Lanka Board of Investment Renuka Weerakoon said. |
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Sri Lanka Foreign Ministry’s statement on Chinese vessel Yuan Wang 5: |  | Aug 14, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Foreign Ministry yesterday issuing a statement regarding the Chinese vessel Yuan Wang 5 said having considered all material in place, on 13 August, 2022 the clearance to the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China was conveyed for the deferred arrival of the vessel from 16-22 August, 2022. |
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Two tugs to be purchased to streamline operations at the port: |  | Aug 12, Colombo: Minister of Ports, Shipping and Aviation Nimal Siripala de Silva has instructed the officials of the Sri Lanka Port Authority to make necessary arrangements to purchase two more tugboats to make the operations of the port more efficient. |
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