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(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –In a meaningful initiative to bring the people of Sri Lanka together and understand each other’s diversity and different cultures, the Office of National Unity and Reconciliation (ONUR) has taken steps to introduce a programme to celebrate religious and cultural festivals such as Thai Pongal, Sinhala and Tamil New Year, Poson, Ramazan, Christmas, together among school children island-wide. To underline the values of this initiative, the ONUR has printed a Handbook in all…

(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –Ambassador of Germany to Sri Lanka Joern Rohde has visited the central hill capital of Kandy recently and met with the Chief Prelate of the Malwatta Chapter, Most Venerable Thibbatuwawe Sri Siddhartha Sumangala and Chief Minister of the Central Province, Sarath Ekanayake.

(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –DUP MP Ian Paisley has apologised in the House of Commons and admitted “deep personal embarrassment” after failing to declare two luxury holidays paid for by the Sri Lankan government.

(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –Sri Lanka has received an additional US$ 16 million loan from Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) to finance the remaining work of Kalu Ganga Development Project.

(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe assured that the government will safeguard country’s national security and will not take any measures that would harm the country.

(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –President Maithripala Sirisena said that unlimited power creates corruption and during the last three years, Sri Lanka has taken several important steps to break the link between power and corruption in the country.

(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –President Maithripala Sirisena who is on a three-day visit to Georgia to the participate in the Open Govt Partnership Global Summit and the President of Georgia Giorgi Margvelashvili met in Tbilisi yesterday (18th July).

(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –Disciplinary action is to be taken against 14 Army Officers stationed at the Kosgama Salawa Army Camp during the massive explosion and fire which occurred at the camp’s armoury on 05 June, 2016 causing immense destruction, the State media reported.

(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has informed Parliament that an investigation has been launched into reports that a Government Minister was protecting five underworld leaders.