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The Government of Republic of Korea has agreed to provide a concessional loan of USD 30 million (Approximately Rs.5,460 million) to establish National Center of e-Content Development for Computer Assisted Teaching in Sri Lanka. The objectives of the proposed project are to; Improve ICT teaching and learning environment for secondary education in Sri Lanka, enhance teachers’ ICT education capacity, and provide equal opportunity for education for every student including those living in rural areas.

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ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදය සහ අවංක මහජන සේවාවක් සඳහා කැප වූ විශිෂ්ටතම දකුණු ආසියානු රාජ්‍යතාන්ත්‍රිකයාට හිමි ගෞරව සම්මානය ශ්‍රී ලංකා පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ කතානායක කරු ජයසූරිය මහතාට හිමිව තිබෙනවා.

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The parliament will have ample opportunity to review the MCC grant assistance agreement once it is signed, the US Embassy today said.

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"No country can solve the problem of world economic development alone. Countries should adhere to the concept of human priority, rather than putting their own interests above human interests," Chinese president - Xi Jinping said.

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The Ao Naga choir performed last evening in a Tri-Nation ‘Concert for Peace’ along with Fricilia Mixed Choir from Indonesia and the Government Girls School Choir - Visakha Vidyalaya from Sri Lanka. The performance was conducted by Mr Rohan De Lanerolle at Lionel Wendt Theatre.

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මත්ද්‍රව්‍ය වැටලීම් සඳහා අද (01) දින සිට කටුනායක ඡාත්‍යන්තර ගුවන්තොටුපලේ මත්ද්‍රව්‍ය නාශක අංශයට රොබෝ යන්ත්‍ර දෙකක් චීන රජය විසින් පරිත්‍යාග කර ඇත.

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Popular European carrier LOT Polish Airlines is bullish on Sri Lanka, launching three weekly direct flights from yesterday for the current winter season, which is expected to attract 15,000 more tourists.

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Sri Lanka and China have agreed to strive to promote cultural exchanges between Buddhists in both countries.

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India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) carried out searches at six locations in Tamil Nadu today in connection with the alleged plot by an ISIS-inspired group to murder leaders of Hindu organisations in the ISIS Coimbatore module case and also for the links of the terror group’s suspects with the Easter bombings in Sri Lanka in April this year.

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President Maithripala Sirisena said the current free, fair and peaceful Presidential election campaign reflects the strength of democracy in Sri Lanka. He said that this great democratic characteristic was restored due to broad political transformation that had taken place in the country, he said.

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The Maldives has commended the strong and special bond of friendship with Sri Lanka.

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Commercial air services between Jaffna International Airport (JAF) and Chennai International Airport (MAA) would be commenced from November 10, the Sri Lanka Civil Aviation Authority said.

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Sri Lanka is awaiting the outcome of the elections in the UK and future of Brexit.

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A Sri Lankan delegation headed by Ministry of Defence of Sri Lanka Additional Secretary (Law and Order) Thusitha Wanigasingha participated at the INTERPOLITEX-2019 exhibition, which commenced on 23 October at the All-Russian Exhibition Centre in Moscow. INTERPOLITEX is the largest exhibition in Russia and one of the largest in Europe, dedicated to the means of protecting state and public security.

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Further strengthening the longstanding relations between Sri Lanka and Turkey, bilateral trade between both countries continues to grow.

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ඉදිරි ජනාධිපතිවරණයෙන් කවර ජනාධිපති අපේක්ෂකයා ජය ගත්තද ලබන මාර්තු මාසයේ ජිනීවා මානව හිමිකම් කොමිසමේදී ශ්‍රී ලංකාව සම්බන්ධ යෝජනාව සලකා බැලෙනු ඇති බව රාජ්‍ය තාන්ත්‍රික ආරංචි මාර්ග කියයි.

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The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved the disbursement of US$164 million for Sri Lanka.

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Britain says it is always ready to assist Sri Lanka to establish democracy in the country.