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Giving the voting right alone to Tamils is not sufficient; their basic needs should be looked after. They should be given houses to live. We have taken lands from estates to build ..

World Health Organization (WHO) has donated four mobile hospitals and medical equipments worth Rs.80 million to the Ministry of Health. During the flood season in May 2016, which ..

Pharmaceutical Companies will not be allowed to revise the C.I.F prices once the Gazette on reduced prices of medicine is issued. Health Minister Dr. Rajitha Senarathne addressing..

"There is a shortage of 60,000 teachers while there are,40,000 excess teachers in the school system at present, as a result the shortage is only 20,000 teachers. Therefore I am pl..

At the invitation of the Government, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Mrs. Ban Soon-taek, will visit Sri Lanka from 31 August to 2 September..

Sri Lanka Railways has added a first class air conditioned compartment to the train which travels between Mount Lavinia and Kankasanthurai and from Kankasanthurai to Mount Lavinia ..

Ministry of Health, Nutrition, and Indigenous Medicine will conduct a Three-day Dengue prevention Program on 26, 27, and 29 August covering all the schools in Western Province. Th..

President Maithripala Sirisena drew his personal attention to the report published on Wednesday (Aug 24) in the Australian website Sydney Herald that stated some alleged incident o..

Government has increased the Special Goods Tax on imported potatoesup to Rs.40 from Rs.35 per kilogram as effective from midnight yesterday (August 24) with the intention of safegu..

Mr. Karunarathna Paranawithana, Deputy Media Minister has been appointed as the acting Media Minister by President Maithripala Sirisena during the absence of Minister of Parliament..