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The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) says the power supply will have to be interrupted daily from today (February 15).

The National People’s Power says it will create a situation in which the youth is tempted to become new small and medium scale entrepreneurs under a government led by the National People’s Power (NPP).

Despite the Government Nursing Officers’ Association withdrawal from ongoing strike by health workers, 17 other trade unions continue the action for the eighth consecutive day.

Journalist Chamuditha Samarawickrama’s residence in Piliyandala came under attack as some unidentified group of people pelted stones at his house and threw feces early this morning (February 14).

The National Election Commission (NEC) wants the Government to hold Local Government elections before the end of 2022.

Energy Minister Udaya Gammanpila said that a price formula has been drafted to determine fuel prices in the country.

In an interview to The Indian Express, Sri Lanka’s foreign minister G. L. Peiris said India and Sri Lanka had reached a high point in their relations, and that concerns about the Chinese presence in his country had been “consigned to the past”.

The indefinite strike action launched by health trade unions, enters day six today (February 12).

An Extraordinary Gazette was issued by Secretary to the Head of State Gamini Senarath, on the directives of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday (February 11) declaring the supply of electricity, as well as treatment for patients in hospitals, nursing homes, dispensaries as essential services.

Indian Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Sri Lankan high commissioner Milinda Moragoda on Friday discussed the finalisation of a USD 1 billion line of credit to be provided by India to the island nation to purchase essential items to tide over an economic crisis.

The chairman and the transport manager of Co-operative Wholesale Establishment (CWE) have been interdicted with immediate effect.

UNP MP Ranil Wickremesinghe requested the Committee on Public Finance (COPF) to present a report on State debt and debt servicing to the House, at the beginning of each month.

Matara District Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Buddhika Pathirana told Parliament on Wednesday that some companies imported milk powder and dissolved them in water and released them to the market as liquid milk.

A large-scale drug peddler identified as Thelge Dilan Sameera Pieris alias “Abba” has died in a shootout with the Police Special Task Force (STF) last night in the area of Egoda Uyana, Moratuwa.