Two new commemorative coins with face value of Rs. 20 were issued to mark the 150th Anniversary of the Medical Faculty of the University of Colombo and the first Census of Population and Housing in Sri Lanka.
Vice Chancellor of the University of Colombo Prof. Chandrika N. Wijeyaratne and the Director General of the Department of Census and Statistics, P.M.P. Anura Kumara, presented the commemorative coins to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat on Monday. .
Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal, Deputy Governor N. W. G. R. Dhammika Nanayakkara and Superintendent of Currency K.M. Abeykoon were also present on the occasion.
Popular grade five tuition teacher, Hayeshika Fernando wanted over assaulting a 21 year old youth was granted bail today after she surrendered to courts.
A British national had been arrested over attempting to smuggle in the largest haul of kush( drugs) from Thailand, customs said.
First Bishop of the Batticaloa Diocese, Retired Bishop Joseph Ponnaiya, passed away today at the age of 74, following a brief illness.
The Government of Sri Lanka maintains that the allegation of genocide during the final phase of the conflict in Sri Lanka is unsubstantiated by any credible authority, either nationally or internationally, and is based on misleading information. Sri Lanka firmly rejects this false narrative and believes it has been propagated primarily for electoral gains within Canada.
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