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| Three-hour day and night power cuts from tomorrow: |  | June 26, Colombo: The Public Utilities Commission said the Ceylon Electricity Board has been given permission extend daily power cuts by 30 minutes. Accordingly power supply will be cut off for 3 hours daily from tomorrow to July 03. |

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| Prices of food items to go up by 10%: |  | June 26, Colombo: Restaurant owners have decided to increase the price of a packet of rice and other food items by 10 percent due to the increase in fuel prices. |
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| Sri Lanka hikes fuel prices: |  | June 26, Colombo: State-owned fuel distributor, Ceylon Petroleum Corporation and the private Lanka Indian Oil Company (IOC) have increased fuel prices with effect from 2.00 am Sunday (26). |
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| Sri Lanka amends limits on possession of foreign currency: |  | June 25, Colombo: With the intention of attracting foreign currency in the hands of the public into the formal banking system, the Minister of Finance has issued an order reducing the amount of foreign currency owned by a Sri Lankan citizen. |

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The ‘Land for All’ program begins: |  | June 24, Colombo: Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe says that steps will be taken to legally grant land and house ownership to millions of people who do not have a deed to their own lands and homes. |
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Four arrested for rioting near petrol stations: |  | June 23, Colombo: Police have arrested four persons for rioting near petrol stations. Three of them have been arrested in connection with a riot that took place near the Pelawatta petrol station in Meegahatenna. |
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HNB partners with Bileeta to offer tech support to SMEs: |  | June 23, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s premier private sector bank HNB PLC renewed its partnership with Bileeta Ltd., a dominant player in the local ERP space, to provide state-of-the-art ERP solutions to its SME customers at affordable rates. |
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Arrival of the 40,000MT Petrol shipment delayed by a day: |  | June 23, Colombo: The ship carrying a consignment of 40,000 metric tons of 92 petrol which was scheduled to reach the island this morning (23) will be delayed by about a day, said the Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera. |
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Final PCoI report on Sri Lanka Customs handed over to President: |  | June 22, Colombo: The final report of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into Sri Lanka Customs was handed over to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa by Chairman of the Commission Supreme Court Judge Shiran Gunaratne at the President’s House, in Colombo this morning (22). |
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Sri Lanka national inflation soars to 45.3 percent in May 2022: |  | June 21, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s nationwide inflation in May 2022 determined under the National Consumer Price Index (NCPI) jumped to 45.3 percent from 33.8 percent recorded in April 2022 on a year-on-year basis, the Department of Census and Statistics reported Tuesday. |
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PM pledges to take steps to manage food crisis: |  | June 21, Colombo: Although the food crisis could directly affect 4 million to 5 million Sri Lankans in the future, steps will be taken to control it, said Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. |
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