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(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –Popular Singer and Actor Ronnie Leitch has passed away aged-65, in Perth, Australia.

(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –The Alumni Association of Tourism Economics and Hospitality Management (AATEHM) and the students of Tourism Study Programme, Department of Economics, University of Colombo will hold the First International Buddhist Tourism Conference tomorrow (October 2nd), under the theme ‘A Simple Life and Middle Path for Responsible Religious Tourism Development’ at Ridee Viharaya in Kurunegala.

(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –The minimum charge will not be changed under the revision of train fares effective form 01-10-2018 as announced in the 2018 Budget, the Railways Department said in a statement.

(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –President Maithripala Sirisena held an important discussion with a leading institute in Washington about health and food habits of Sri Lankan people and the possibility of formulating a policy to ensure healthy food intake to minimise malnutrition.

(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has not made any statement to establish or corroborate the allegations of a plot to assassinate President Maithripala Sirisena, former President Mahinda Rajapaksa and former Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, Finance and Mass Media Minister Mangala Samaraweera said.

(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –The Government has allocated Rs 185 billion for health and Rs 105 billion for education for 2019, according to the Appropriation Bill gazetted last Friday.

(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –While Sri Lanka has reduced poverty successfully, the key concern for Sri Lanka is the vulnerability to risks arising from climate change, which could cost Sri Lanka 7.0 percent of GDP, according to a World Bank top official.