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1200 August 03, 2021

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa greeting Japanese Ambassador Akira Sugiyama on his arrival at the Presidential Secretariat yesterday to officially hand over the stock of AstraZeneca vaccines donated by the Government of Japan. Picture courtesy President’s Media Division

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BoC earns highest profit in a single quarter

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Online request system for Birth, Marriage and Death Certificates

The Registrar General’s Department has introduced an online system to issue...
Schools to be re-opened gradually

It is the Government’s intention to re-open schools with less than 100 stud...
Police can act against health guidelines violators – Court

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Child abuse: Video Evidence Collection Centres for all provinces

The Government is planning to set up Video Evidence Collection Centres in a...
Rise in COVID cases

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