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The first hi-tech vocational training centre in Sri Lanka’s Northern Province was launched on 18 September. The US $ 7.6 Mn new facility in Ariya Nagar, Kilinochchi gives Northern youth the sought-after, hi-tech NVQ level course offerings such as IT, electronics and automotive mechanics for the first time.

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The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) today informed the Colombo Fort Magistrate Ranga Dissanayake through a B-report that Qatari police is interrogating the main suspect of the terrorist network in Sri Lanka which had maintained direct relations with the ISIS.

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මහජන චීන සමූහාණ්ඩුවේ කොමියුනිස්ට් පක්ෂයේ දේශපාලන මණ්ඩලයේ සාමාජික චෙන් මයිනර් (Chen Min'er) ඇතුළු 17 දෙනෙකුගෙන් සමන්විත එරට ඉහළ පෙළේ රජයේ දූත පිරිසක් තුන් දින නිල සංචාරයක් සදහා අද (17) දින සවස ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට පැමිණියා.

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Hundreds of trade unionists from maritime unions affiliated with the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) today expressed their support and solidarity with Captain Gennadiy Gavrylov and called on the Sri Lankan government to expedite his safe return home.

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සබරගමු විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයෙහි වෛද්‍ය පීඨයක් ස්ථාපනය කිරීම සඳහා සහනදායී කොන්දේසි යටතේ සෞදි රියාල් මිලියන 187.5(ආසන්න වශයෙන් ඇමරිකානු ඩොලර් මිලියන 50) ක් ලබා දීමට සෞදි අරමුදල සිය එකඟතාවය ලබා දී ඇත.

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The United Nations says in post-war Sri Lanka, violent extremism has manifested in many forms over the past decades, the recent being the Easter Sunday attacks carried out by young suicide bombers.

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The Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Saudi Arabia, Azmi Thassim, recently called on Saudi Space Commission Chairman Prince Sultan Bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud at his office.

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Nearly 150 German brands were represented at the sixth edition of the ‘Top German Brands in Sri Lanka’ organised by the Delegation of German Industry and Commerce in Sri Lanka (AHK Sri Lanka) with the support of the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany yesterday.

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Sri Lanka and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) signed a nuclear technology and technical cooperation resources agreement.

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Visa, the global payments technology company, yesterday launched a new roadmap that sets the direction for payments security in Sri Lanka for 2020 and beyond, in association with the Payment Card Industry Association of Sri Lanka (PCIASL).

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China today hailed Sri Lanka’s participation in the One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative.

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The Hambantota International Port (HIP) has signed an agreement for port-to-port cooperation with the Ranong Port in Thailand.

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Sri Lankan Ambassador to China Dr. Karunasena Kodituwakku yesterday issued a clarification regarding the Lotus Tower project allegations.

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අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ මහතා සහ චීනයේ ශ්‍රී ලංකා තානාපති කරුණාසේන කොඩිතුවක්ක මහතා අතර විශේෂ හමුවක් අද (18) පැවැත්වීමට නියමිත බවට තොරතුරු වාර්තා වේ.

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Sri Lanka’s security forces continued resilience to protect the country and its people, following Easter Sunday attacks over 4 months ago.

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UN Secretary General António Guterres has raised concerns over the harassment of activists in Sri Lanka.

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එම්.සී.සී. ප්‍රදානය පිළිබඳ තීරණය කැබිනට් මණ්ඩලය විසින් ප්‍රමාද කළහොත් ප්‍රවාහන යටිතල පහසුකම් සංවර්ධනය කිරීම සහ ඉඩම් කළමනාකරණය වැඩිදියුණු කිරීම සඳහා ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට ලැබීමට නියමිත පොලී රහිත ආධාර අහිමි විය හැකිය.

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The United States has asserted that it appreciates and respects Sri Lanka’s culture.