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Faculty of Science of UoC To Conduct Online Classes For One Week

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by Staff Writer 12-07-2026 | 2:26 PM COLOMBO (News 1st): The Faculty of Science at the University of Colombo has decided to conduct academic activities online for a period of one week, starting tomorrow. Vice-Chancellor Professor Indika Karunathilake said that the decision was taken in consideration of requests made by students amid the prevailing dengue situation. However, no decision has been made to close the university.
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ඩෙංගු මදුරු දෂ්ඨනයෙන් ආරක්ෂා වීම සඳහා පාසල් සිසුන්ට අත්පා ආවරණ පැළඳීමට අවසර.

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by Staff writer 12-07-2026 | 3:06 PM එහි ලේකම් නාලක කළුවැව සඳහන් කළේ, පවතින ඩෙංගු අවධානම් තත්ත්වය සළකා බලා ගත් එම තීරණය පිළිබඳව සියලු විදුහල්පතිවරුන්ට දැනුම් දී ඇති බවයි. අත් පා ආවරණය වන පරිදි වෙනත් සුදුසු ඇඳුමක් භාවිත කිරීමට අවසර දීමෙන් පාසල් සිසුන් අතර රෝගය පැතිරීම අවම කිරීමට අපේක්ෂා කරන බව, ලේකම්වරයා වැඩිදුරටත් සඳහන් කළේ ය.
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Coal Commission To Continue Evidence Hearing Tomorrow (13)

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by Staff Writer 12-07-2026 | 1:11 PM COLOMBO (News 1st) - The Special Presidential Commission to Investigate Coal Procurement transactions will record evidence for the third consecutive day tomorrow (13). The Deputy Manager of the Lakvijaya Coal Power Plant in Norochcholai, A.B.M Thushan Abeykoon, along with two other officials, have been summoned to provide evidence tomorrow.
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Extraordinary Gazette Issued Increasing Registration Fees For Companies, Societies

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by Staff Writer 12-07-2026 | 4:17 PM COLOMBO (News 1st): An extraordinary gazette notification has been issued increasing the registration fees for companies and societies. The extraordinary gazette has been issued by the Minister of Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Cooperative Development, Wasantha Samarasinghe. According to the new gazette notification, the registration fee for a private limited company has been revised to Rs. 5,200.
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Government Committed To Equal Rights For Persons With Disabilities

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by Staff Writer 12-07-2026 | 1:08 PM COLOMBO (News 1st): Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya assured that policies formulated under the current government ensure persons with disabilities are entitled to exercise the same rights as others in the society. She made these remarks while attending the launch of the "Sarasavi Diriya Abhiman" scholarship programme for students with disabilities, implemented through the President's Fund.
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SJB Pradeshiya Sabha Member Remanded Until Tomorrow

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by Staff Writer 12-07-2026 | 5:13 PM COLOMBO (News 1st): Amitha Chathuranga, a Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) member of the Ambalangoda Pradeshiya Sabha, who was arrested for the illegal possession of a firearm, has been remanded until tomorrow (13) He was remanded after being produced before the Balapitiya Magistrate's Court today. The MP was arrested last evening with an unlicensed repeater-type firearm found in his possession.
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ගිනි අවියක් සමඟ අත්අඩංගුවට ගත් අම්බලන්ගොඩ සජබ ප්‍රාදේශීය සභා මන්ත්‍රී චුට්ටේ රිමාන්ඩ්.

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COLOMBO(News1st) - ගිනි අවියක් සන්තකයේ තබාගැනීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් අත්අඩංගුවට ගත් සමඟි ජන බලවේගයේ අම්බලන්ගොඩ ප්‍රාදේශීය සභා මන්ත්‍රී අමිත චතුරංග නොහොත් බටපොළ නින්දානේ චුට්ටේ, හෙට දින දක්වා රක්ෂිත බන්ධනාගාරගත කර තිබේ. ඒ ඔහු අද(12) බලපිටිය මහේස්ත්‍රාත් අධිකරණයට ඉදිරිපත් කිරීමෙන් අනතුරුවයි. ඊයේ පස්වරුවේ මන්ත්‍රීවරයා අත්අඩංගුවට ගෙන ඇති අතර ඔහු සන්තකයේ තිබී බලපත්‍ර නොමැති රිපීටර් වර්ගයේ ගිනි අවියක්ද සොයා ගැනුණි. වැටලීම සිදු කර ඇත්තේ ගාල්ල දිසා අපරාධ කොට්ඨාසයේ නිලධාරීන් විසිනි.
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ඩෙංගු රෝගය හේතුවෙන් සිසු ඉල්ලීම් සැළකිල්ලට ගනිමින් කොළඹ විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයේ විද්‍යා පීඨයේ අධ්‍යයන කටයුතු හෙට සිට සතියක කාලයක් සඳහා Online - උප කුලපති

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by Staff writer 12-07-2026 | 6:51 PM ඒ, හෙට සිට සතියක කාලයක් සඳහායි. එහි උප කුලපති මහාචාර්ය ඉන්දික කරුණාතිලක පැවසුවේ ව්‍යාප්ත වෙමින් පවතින ඩෙංගු තත්ත්වය හමුවේ සිසුන්ගේ ඉල්ලීම් සැළකිල්ලට ගනිමින් එම තීරණය ගත් බවයි. එහෙත් විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය වසා දමන්නේ නැහැ. සියලු කාර්යය මණ්ඩලය සාමාන්‍ය පරිදි සේවයට වාර්තා කළයුතු බව, උප කුලපතිවරයා සඳහන් කළේය. සියලු නේවාසිකාගාර ද විවෘතව තැබෙන බව, විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයේ උපකුලපති මහාචාර්ය ඉන්දික කරුණාතිලක පවසයි.
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Strong Winds And Rough Seas Warning Issued For Coastal Waters

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by Staff Writer 12-07-2026 | 1:13 PM COLOMBO (News 1st): The Department of Meteorology has warned that wind speeds could increase to 50–60 km/h in the sea areas off the coast from Hambantota to Pottuvil and from Mannar to Chilaw via Puttalam. The warning was issued in an advisory on strong winds and rough seas. In the remaining sea areas around the island, wind speeds may also increase to up to 50 km/h.
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Compensation Paid To All Farmers Affected By Cyclone Ditwah, says Department of Agrarian Development

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by Staff Writer 12-07-2026 | 1:15 PM COLOMBO (News 1st): The Department of Agrarian Development says compensation has been fully provided to all farmers affected by Cyclone Ditwah. Commissioner General of Agrarian Development Dhammika Ranatunga said compensation was paid to 112,442 farmers, covering an area of 59,245 hectares. A total of Rs. 8.886 Billion has been spent for this. Meanwhile, the Department said that 95% of farmers have received the fertiliser subsidy for the Yala season.
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