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| Compensation payment to terminated workmen doubled to Rs. 2.5 million: |  | Feb 28, Colombo: Minister of Labor Nimal Siripala de Silva has stated that the maximum amount of compensation that should be paid to an employee of the private sector and semi-government institutions (corporations and statutory bodies), if the relevant institution terminates his service as required, has been increased to Rs. 2.5 million. |
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| Several areas in Batticaloa district released from Isolation: |  | Feb 28, Colombo: General Shavendra Silva, Army Commander, head of the National Operations Center for the Prevention of the Spread of Covid 19 Outbreak, announced that the following areas in Kattankudy MOH area of Batticaloa District will be released from isolation from 5.00 a.m. tomorrow (March 01). |
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State Vesak Festival in Jaffna this year: |  | Feb 26, Colombo: The Minister of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs and the Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has given instructions to hold this year’s State Vesak Festival centering the Northern and Eastern Provinces at the Nagadeepa Raja Maha Viharaya. |
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Ranil must go to Parliament, UNP seniors say: |  | Feb 26, Colombo: A group of senior members of the United National Party (UNP) Thursday called on former Prime Minister and party leader Ranil Wickremesinghe to go to parliament immediately to reveal the truth about the previous government’s cabinet papers, agreements and commission reports. |
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A single prison cell for MP Ranjan Ramanayke: |  | Feb 26, Colombo: The Prisons Department has taken steps to keep parliamentarian Ranjan Ramanayake, who was convicted of contempt of court and given a four-year prison sentence, in a single cell at the Angunakolapelessa Prison. |
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SLFP decides to reject PCoI report on Easter Sunday attacks : |  | Feb 25, Colombo: The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), a constituent party of the government today decided to reject the final report of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) to investigate and inquire into the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks. |
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Part of the Chapelton Estate in Bogawantalawa isolated: |  | Feb 25, Colombo: The Pradeshiya Sabha section of Chapelton Estate in Bogawantalawa Health Medical Area in the Nuwara Eliya District will be isolated with immediate effect, the Government Information Department announced. |
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ComBank ends tough 2020 with platform for growth: |  | Feb 25, Colombo: Strong asset and other income growth combined with an emphasis on prudent provisioning in one of the most challenging years on record, have enabled the Commercial Bank of Ceylon Group to end 2020 on a stable platform for growth |
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Central bank releases a new 20 rupee coin for circulation: |  | Feb 24, Colombo: The new 20 rupee coin issued to mark the 70th anniversary of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka was presented by the Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Prof. W.D. Lakshman to President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat this afternoon (24). |
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