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Feb 22, Colombo: Sri Lanka opposition United National Party (UNP) parliamentarian and President’s Counsel Wijedasa Rajapakse has been elected president of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka at its annual election of office-bearers held Wednesday (22).

Feb 22, Colombo: Employees of Sri Lanka public sector demonstrated in capital Colombo today demanding relief from the economic hardships.

Feb 22, Colombo: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has said that his country always desires for the welfare of the people of Maldives and expect the Maldives to be a stable country.

Feb 22, Colombo: Sri Lankan government presenting the proposed National Human Rights Action Plan at the United Nations Human Rights Council sessions in Geneva next week without discussing it in the parliament is a violation of the Constitution, the Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremasinghe has said.

Feb 22, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s major opposition United National Party (UNP) has summoned the UNP members of local councils to UNP headquarters Sirikotha for a special awareness programme that will be held from today to 24th.

Feb 22, Hambantota: Sri Lanka’s deep South came was in the media today due to protests against elephant attacks and to the discovery of precious stones.

Feb 22, Matale: Farmers in the Wilgamuwa area of Sri Lanka’s Matale District protesting for higher paddy purchasing prices claimed that they were attacked by several governing United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) members from the Wilgamuwa Pradeshiya Sabha.

Feb 22, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s main opposition United National Party (UNP) has decided to hold its May Day rally this year in Jaffna, the capital city of the Northern Province.

Feb 22, Colombo: Sri Lanka Air Force has rendered its assistance to control a forest fire raging in the Ambuluwawa nature reserve area near Gampola in the Kandy District of central hill country.

Feb 22, Colombo: Several trade unions in Sri Lanka have requested the Labor Ministry to increase salaries of the working masses, especially, the private sector workers.

Feb 22, Colombo: Sri Lanka Minister of Power and Energy Champika Ranawaka will open the modified underground system of power cables in the capital Colombo Thursday (23).

Feb 22, Colombo: Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Rajitha Senaratne says that a delegation will leave for Somalia next week to discuss the release of six Sri Lankan fishermen with the Somali sea pirates.

Feb 22, Colombo: The Sri Lanka Police say measures are being taken to use maximum restraint in future to control demonstrations

Feb 22, Colombo: The Sri Lankan government says that oil imports from Iran have been stopped and that purchases are being made from alternative sources.

Feb 22, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena and Cooperatives and Internal Trade Minister Johnston Fernando have discussed ways to control the prices of pharmaceuticals in the country.

Feb 22, Colombo: Farmers in Sri Lanka are to commence agitating from today seeking an increase in the government’s minimum certified price of a kilo of paddy.

Feb 22, Colombo: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa is to hold a special meeting with electoral organizers and provincial councilors of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) today.

Feb 21, Colombo: The funeral of renowned Sri Lankan cricket commentator, Ranil Abeynaike who passed away at a private hospital on Tuesday following a severe heart attack, will be held on February 23 at the Mount Lavinia cemetery, his family informed.

Feb 21, Colombo: India has decided to offer more postgraduate scholarship slots for Sri Lanka in all fields except in business and medicine, Indian High Commission statement said Tuesday.

Feb 21, Colombo: The Sri Lankan government has allocated Rs.1 billion to purchase paddy from farmers from the Maha harvest.