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There is no requirement to remove the Secretary to the Ministry of Finance, Harshana Suriyapperuma from office in connection with the reported incident involving US$2.5 million intended for external debt repayment but allegedly diverted to another party, the Cabinet Spokesperson Minister Nalinda Jayatissa has stated. MORE..
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The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Kristalina Georgieva says the economic fallout from the war with Iran would take at least three to four months to ease, even if the fighting were to stop immediately. MORE..
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The National Fertilizer Secretariat has issued a clarification rejecting claims made by a representative of the National Farmers Collective that the government has procured fertilizer at excessively high prices. MORE..
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The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that it suspects some rare human to human transmission took place between close contacts on board a luxury cruise ship hit by seven confirmed or suspected hantavirus cases. MORE..
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The Illegal Assets Investigation Division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has today (05) imposed restrictions on properties worth over Rs. 40 million, believed to have been acquired through a drug trafficking network linked to an associate of a major drug trafficker known as �Panadura Kudu Salindu�. MORE..
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The Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), along with an associated low-level atmospheric disturbance, is likely to develop in the vicinity of Sri Lanka, according to the Department of Meteorology. MORE..
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