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A sensational unbeaten 102 off 51 balls from Suryakumar Yadav on the back of Piyush Chawla and Hardik Pandya’s three-wicket hauls helped Mumbai Indians (MI) to their fourth win of the season as they got the better of Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by seven wickets in Mumbai. The win also lifted MI out of the bottom […]
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Sri Lanka has decided to continue with the free visa service offered to visitors from India, China, Russia, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia. The President’s media division said that it was decided at the Cabinet meeting held, Monday, to maintain the existing US $50 fee for a 30-day visa for foreigners visiting Sri Lanka. Furthermore, […]
- India denies taking over visa issuance at Sri Lanka airport (Category: Breaking News)
- Police grill man who protested at BIA over visa issue (Category: Breaking News)
- Fallout between the Maldives and India is ‘absolutely’ benefiting Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
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The Ambassador of Japan, Hideaki Mizukoshi handed over three “Health on Wheels” trucks to the Ministry of Health. The project has been implemented by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), with financial support from the Government of Japan. These trucks valued at USD 380,000 represent a vital step in enhancing healthcare accessibility, particularly in the […]
- More drugs expected to go out of stock in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Japan provides USD 4.6 Million to support Sri Lankan women and girls’ health (Category: Breaking News)
- Medicine, equipment worth over USD 2.1 million handed over to Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays conferred on Chef Dharshan Munidasa (Category: Breaking News)
කාලගුණ විද්යා දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව විසින් හෙට (07) දිනයේ උණුසුම් කාලගුණ තත්වය පිළිබඳ අවවාදාත්මක නිවේදනයක් අද (06) නිකුත් කර තිබේ. එම නිවේදනයේ […]The post හෙට කාලගුණය – රට පුරා ජනතාවට අවදානම් නිවේදනයක් appeared first on Lanka Truth | සිංහල | Latest and Breaking News from Sri Lanka.
එක්සත් රාජධානියේ විදේශ, පොදු රාජ්ය මණ්ඩලීය සහ සංවර්ධන කාර්යාලයේ ඉන්දු පැසිෆික් කලාපීය අධ්යක්ෂ බෙන් මෙලර් (Ben Mellor) සහ ජාතික ජන […]The post එක්සත් රාජධානියේ ඉන්දු පැසිෆික් කලාපීය අධ්යක්ෂවරයා සහ ජාතික ජන බලවේගයේ නායක අතර හමුවක් appeared first on Lanka Truth | සිංහල | Latest and Breaking News from Sri Lanka.
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චමරි අතපත්තුගේ නායකත්වයෙන් යුත් ශ්රී ලංකා කාන්තා ක්රිකට් කණ්ඩායම T20 කාන්තා ලෝක කුසලාන ක්රිකට් තරගාවලියට සුදුසුකම් ලබාගැනීමට අද (6) සමත් […]The post කාන්තා ක්රිකට් පිල T20 ලෝක කුසලානයට සුදුසුකම් ලබති appeared first on Lanka Truth | සිංහල | Latest and Breaking News from Sri Lanka.
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- ආසියානු කාන්තා ක්රිකට් රන් පදක්කම ඉන්දියාවට (Category: Sinhala)
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ෆිල්ඩ් මාෂල් සරත් ෆොන්සේකා මහතාගේ පක්ෂ සාමාජිකත්වය සහ ඔහු විසින් දරන තනතුරුවලින් ඔහුව ඉවත් කිරීම වළක්වාලමින් තමන් ඇතුළු පිරිසකට එරෙහිව […]The post ෆොන්සේක-සජිත් ගැටුම – ෆොන්සේකාට එරෙහිව සජිත්ගෙන් පෙත්සමක් appeared first on Lanka Truth | සිංහල | Latest and Breaking News from Sri Lanka.
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Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) leader MP Udaya Gammanpila claims that the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) had increased the salaries of its employees by the biggest margin in its history, despite having recorded losses of billions of rupees for two consecutive years.
Concluding a two-day visit, IFC s Vice President for Asia Pacific, Riccardo Puliti, signaled IFC s commitment to supporting Sri Lanka s ongoing reforms and growth agenda, while emphasizing the importance of private sector-led development for inclusive economic growth.
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It was decided at the Cabinet meeting held today (06) to maintain the existing US $50 fee for a 30-day visa for foreigners visiting Sri Lanka.
The Cabinet of Ministers in Sri Lanka has decided to maintain the current fee of $50 per person for a 30-day visa for foreigners visiting Sri Lanka.The post Sri Lanka cabinet takes decision on Visa Fees appeared first on Sri Lanka News | Breaking News & Top Stories in Sri Lanka | ONLANKA.
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A Sri Lankan man who spoke out at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake on May 01 against the takeover of the on-arrival visa issuance process by an Indian company has been summoned to the Katunayake Airport Police to record a statement today (May 06).The post Police summon Sri Lankan citizen for speaking against Visa issuance takeover appeared first on Sri Lanka News | Breaki...
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VFS Global, the company involved in the controversy surrounding the issuance of on-arrival visas at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA), has released a statement today (May 06) addressing accusations and clarifying certain concerns.The post VFS Global clarifies Sri Lanka’s E-Visa system amidst controversy appeared first on Sri Lanka News | Breaking News & Top Stories in Sri Lank...
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The Cabinet of Ministers has decided to retain the existing USD 50 fee per person for a 30-day visa for foreign visitors entering Sri Lanka.
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VFS Global says the decision to grant or reject a visa in Sri Lanka is at the sole discretion of the Department of Immigration and Emigration in Sri Lanka and not the private company. Issuing a statement, VFS Global said that the Department of Immigration & Emigration (DI&E) has signed a tripartite contract with GBS […]
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Sri Lanka's Minister of Public Security, Tiran Alles, asserts that action will be taken against both the individual who caused a disturbance in the visa issuance section at Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake recently and the officers who documented the incident.The post Minister Tiran Alles vows action on BIA disturbance, clarifies visa charges appeared first on Sri Lanka News ...
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VFS Global, the company at the center of controversy surrounding the issuance of on arrival visa at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA), has issued a statement today in response to accusations and to clarify certain concerns which have been raised.
කටුනායක ජාත්යන්තර ගුවන් තොටුපලේ සංචාරක වීසා නිකුත් කිරීම විදේශීය සමාගමකට පවරා 50%කට ආසන්න ප්රමාණයකින් ගාස්තු ඉහළ දැමීමට එරෙහිව කරුණු දැක්වූ […]The post ආණ්ඩුවේ ඩොලර් කොල්ලකරුවන් ඔහුගේ කට වැසීමට ක්රියා කරයි appeared first on Lanka Truth | සිංහල | Latest and Breaking News from Sri Lanka.
මැයි දින රැලිය පැවැත්වීමෙන් පසුව සජිත් ප්රේමදාස අත්හැර යාමට පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී පලනි දිගන්බරන් සූදානම් වන බවට වාර්තා වේ. ඔහු මේ […]The post සජිත් හැරයන්න දිගම්බරන් සැරසෙයි appeared first on Lanka Truth | සිංහල | Latest and Breaking News from Sri Lanka.
පැවැත්වීමට නියමිත ජනාධිපතිවරණයේදී ආරක්ෂක අංශවල ඡන්දය තමන් වෙත ලබා ගැනීමේ අලුත් මෙහෙයුමක් රනිල් වික්රමසිංහ විසින් දියත් කර ඇති බව වාර්තා […]The post රනිල් තවත් ජෝකර් කොළයක් අදියි – ආරක්ෂක අංශවල ඡන්ද හිඟා කයි appeared first on Lanka Truth | සිංහල | Latest and Breaking News from Sri Lanka.
A Sri Lankan youth who had behaved in an unruly manner at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake on May 01 amidst a tense situation at the visa issuance counters, has been summoned to Airport Police today (06).
“ඉවසුවා ඇති” තේමාවෙන් ඉල්ලීම් කිහිපයක් මුල්කර ගනිමින් ග්රාම නිලධාරීන් අද (06) සහ හෙට (07) වර්ජනයක් ක්රියාත්මක කර තිබේ. ඒ අනුව […]The post “ඉවසුවා ඇති” කියමින් ග්රාම නිලධාරීන් වර්ජනයේ appeared first on Lanka Truth | සිංහල | Latest and Breaking News from Sri Lanka.
The 2023 Ordinary Level exam in Sri Lanka starts today (May 06) at 3,527 centers across the island.The post 2023 Ordinary Level exam begins today in Sri Lanka appeared first on Sri Lanka News | Breaking News & Top Stories in Sri Lanka | ONLANKA.
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