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Teachers exempted from efficiency bar exams after service minute rewrite
The Public Service Commission has waived Efficiency Bar III for teachers promoted to Grade I between October 2022 and June 2025, with further exemptions.
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Railway strike ends as unions claim Rs.60m loss and file bribery complaint against General Manager
The 48-hour railway strike ended at midnight with unions claiming losses above Rs.60m and lodging a bribery complaint against the General Manager.
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PM presents scholarships to 50 Eastern Province students with disabilities
Third phase of the President's Fund 'Sarasavi Diriya Abhiman' programme awards Rs. 100,000 each at Eastern University's Swami Vipulananda Institute.
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South Asian University signs first Sri Lankan think tank partnership with RCSS
The SAARC-founded university and Colombo's Regional Centre for Strategic Studies agreed to joint research, with SAU signalling interest in a Sri Lankan campus.
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SLPP local councillor arrested in Madampe over two motorcycles sharing one number plate
A Pradeshiya Sabha member from Suduwella was arrested by Chilaw police and was due before the Chilaw Magistrate on Saturday.
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Mahinda Rajapaksa joins SLPP's 'Janasatana' rally in Anuradhapura
Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa headlined SLPP's Janasatana rally in Anuradhapura; his son Namal remains in remand.
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17,000 apply for 500 state jobs at Buddhasasana and Cultural Affairs Ministry
Minister Hiniduma Sunil Senevi told Parliament that 25 institutions face severe vacancies, including a shortage of 850 watchmen at the Department of.
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Cabraal's Supreme Court appeal against Greek bond prosecution put off to October 9
The former Central Bank Governor is challenging the Bribery Commission case over the 2012 Greek bond purchases; the Supreme Court will take up his appeal for.
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Police open internal probe into officers who made 471kg Colombo Port Ice seizure
The IGP ordered an inquiry into alleged lapses in the Colombo Port Ice investigation. An opposition MP says the officers who made the seizure are the ones.
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Customs flags cannabis seeds arriving by courier parcel as smuggling routes shift
Sri Lanka Customs says traffickers have moved off the Thailand route, with four September detections traced to Madagascar, the UK and Italy.
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Two children killed in grenade attack on Dehiwala house
A hand grenade was thrown at a house on Sirisangabo Road, Kawdana, early Friday. Two brothers died and their father and two other children were injured.
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Police count four grenade attacks in 45 days as Dehiwala killings raise the toll
Hiru News says four hand grenade attacks have hit Sri Lanka in 45 days, killing two. This publication's own reporting on those attacks does not match the.
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Gotabaya Rajapaksa appears before FCID over MiG aircraft deal
Gotabaya Rajapaksa appears at FCID to give statement on the 2006 MiG-27 aircraft deal investigation.
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Presidential Secretariat plans 'Greenway', a one-million-tree roadside planting programme
Clean Sri Lanka will plant native species along Class A and B roads, targeting commuter corridors in Colombo, Gampaha, Kurunegala and Galle.
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President backs joint mechanism for Hindu priests, rejects single structure
Hindu priests from Colombo, Batticaloa, Jaffna and the Hill Country meet President Dissanayake on religious representation.
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Sri Lanka to allow crew change on Iranian ship in its waters, Deputy Minister tells Parliament
Arun Hemachandra said a request to replace three crew members would be handled through diplomatic and defence channels, after Rauff Hakeem raised it in the.
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KDU to be developed into an international higher education institute, Parliament told
Deputy Defence Minister Aruna Jayasekera said Kotelawala Defence University will add national defence and marine studies courses and put more weight on.
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Four injured in knife attack at Kilinochchi fuel station
Four people including the fuel station's owner and manager were injured in a knife attack in Kilinochchi after a dispute over moving a tipper truck.
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Tile lorry ends up on Upcountry railway line after brake failure
A tile lorry ended up on the Upcountry railway line near Kolathenna after brake failure. Hiru and Daily Mirror disagree on whether anyone was hurt.
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Rs. 65 billion allocated to develop 26 cities under 'Life Cities' programme
Minister Bimal Ratnayake named ten cities for the first phase and told mayors that future funding would depend on the progress they show.
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Tangalle High Court grants bail to Sampath Manamperi over hand grenade charge
The former SLPP local council candidate and ex-police officer, held since September last year over an ICE-precursor cache, is released on Rs. 10,000 cash bail.
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25 women named over Negombo Prison clash, taking suspects to 106
The CID named 25 female inmates over property damage in the July prison clash. All 106 suspects were remanded to September 17 and an identification parade went.
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Wimal Weerawansa's NFF to join the SLPP rally on September 12
The National Freedom Front's Political Council has accepted an SLPP invitation to its September 12 rally, in a step toward wider opposition cooperation.
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President to address NPP farmers' rally in Polonnaruwa as SLPP rallies in Anuradhapura the same day
Anura Kumara Dissanayake headlines a Polonnaruwa rally marking two years of NPP rule on Saturday, while the SLPP stages a rival farming-belt rally in.