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Central Province Governor Maithri Gunaratne has tendered his resignation to the Presidential Secretariat.

ශ්‍රී දළදා මළිගාවේ ඓතිහාසික ඇසළ පෙරහැර මංගල්‍ය හේතුවෙන් මහනුවර ආශ්‍රිත ප්‍රදේශවල සුරා සල් ලබන 5 වන දා සිට 15 වන දා දක්වා වසා තැබෙන බව සුරාබදු දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව සඳහන් කරයි.

Uva Province Governor Marshal Perera had reportedly tendered his resignation to President Maithripala Sirisena today.

A two-member security delegation of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC)will reach Karachi on Wednesday to decide if it is safe for its national team to tour Pakistan in October for a round of the ICC World Test Championship.

පාස්කු ඉරිදා එල්ල වූ ත‍්‍රස්ත ප‍්‍රහාරය පිළිබද සොයා බැලෙන පාර්ලිමේන්තු විශේෂ කාරක සභාව හමුවට ලබන අගහරුවාදා අග‍්‍රාමාත්‍ය රනිල් වික‍්‍රමසිංහ මහතා කැදවා තිබෙනවා.

National Identity Card (NIC)'s will be issued for students from the age of 15 from next month, Department for Registration of Persons Commissioner General Viyani Gunathilaka said.

Nadaraja Sedurupan, the founder of an LTTE website and a pro-LTTE supporter of the Tamil diaspora, has been arrested by the Nelliyadi Police.

President Maithripala Sirisena said yesterday that even US President Donald Trump is re-imposing the death penalty to execute those convicted of rape and child abuse.

The Colombo Stamp Exhibition organised by the Postal Department *Philatelic* Bureau will be held at the Postal Department on D. R. Wijewardena Mawatha from tomorrow to Sunday (2-4 August) from 9.00am to 6.00pm.

North Central Province Governor Sarath Ekanayake said yesterday the government should obtain the support of Provincial Councils when implementing the land distribution programme.

The government will soon introduce a price formula for milk powder, wheat flour and bread, Co-operative Development, Vocational Training & Skills Development State Minister Buddika Pathirana said.

Abolition of Death Penalty Bill, which makes provisions to prevent the implementation of the death sentence, was presented to Parliament today.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday stressed the need for Sri Lanka to have a ten-year development plan to stabilise the economy and that it was time for the people to decide whether they want such a plan without which this country would not prosper.

Urban Development Lending Agencies cancelled loan facilities for reconstruction of Gatambe Water Treatment Plant.

A telephone conversation between the Shangri-La Hotel bomber and his wife on April 21 reveals the series of explosions had been carried out in retaliation to Christchurch mosque shootings and harassment against Muslims, State Minister of Defence Ruwan Wijewardene told Parliament yesterday.

The Consumer Affairs Authority said yesterday that the price of imported milk powder had been increased by Rs. 15 per kilo and Rs. 5 per 400 gram packet with immediate effect.

ත්‍රස්තවාදය තමන් කිසිවිටක අනුමත නොකරන බවත්, ත්‍රස්තවාදය විනාශ කිරීමට රජය ගන්නා ඕනෑම පියවරකට සහාය පළකරන බව අමාත්‍ය රිෂාඩ් බදියුදීන් මහතා පවසයි.

The launch ceremony of two books, the research-based scholarly compilation “Polonnaruwa – Narapathi Yugaye Sita Janapathi Yugaya Dakwa” and the pictorial volume “Moragahakanda Dream Reservior”, was held at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH) yesterday evening under the patronage of President Maithripala Sirisena.