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Sri Lanka launches a programme to encourage energy saving
Sri Lanka Ministry of Power and Energy has launched a project to encourage consumers to save electricity. Under the programme, the consumers will receive free electricity for a month provided they show
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Sri Lanka population census enters last stage
Sri Lanka Census and Statistics Department says that collecting data of the homeless persons for the island wide census will begin today. Accordingly, the officials will count the persons staying in bus
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Sri Lanka to introduce a pricing formula for private transport charges
Colombo: Private Transport Minister of Sri Lanka C.B. Ratnayake says measures are to be taken to control the charges of private transport modes like three-wheelers, taxis and school vans to prevent the
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Sri Lanka's abject poverty levels declining
Sri Lanka has recorded the lowest number of persons suffering from abject poverty in the Asian region, Housing and Engineering Services Minister Wimal Weerawansa has said. Addressing a tree planting
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US$ 278 million loan from China to extend Sri Lanka's southern coastal rail line
Sri Lanka is to obtain a US$ 278 million loan from China to extend the Southern coastal railway line from Matara to Kataragama. The Ministry of Finance has announced that the Exim Bank of China has
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Sri Lanka to conduct census of industries
Sri Lanka Ministry of Industry and Commerce has decided to hold a census of industries in 2013. Minister of Industry and Commerce Rishad Bathiyutheen says that the State owned industrial establishments,
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Asia Energy Security Summit begins today in Sri Lanka capital
The second Asia Energy Security Summit 2012, a Track 2 diplomacy initiative, debating Asian geopolitics, energy and infrastructure security will begin in the Sri Lankan capital city Colombo today with
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Sri Lanka to auction massive gem land found in Southern Province for mining
The Sri Lankan government has taken steps to auction a land that has recently caught attention due to a massive gem deposit found in it. The land situated in Thammennawa in Kataragama Pradeshiya Sabha
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Sri Lankan government allocates Rs. 500 million for research
Technology and Research Minister of Sri Lanka Pavithra Wanniarachchi says the government has allocated funds to the National Research Council to promote small and medium scale research. Wanniarachchi
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Sri Lankan households without electricity to receive a kerosene subsidy
The Sri Lankan government has decided to provide a kerosene subsidy to the low income households that do not have electricity. The Economic Development Ministry says that a kerosene subsidy of Rs. 200