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The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) has decided to reduce fuel prices with effect from tonight. A litre of Lanka Auto Diesel has been reduced by Rs. 15 and a litre of Lanka Kerosene by Rs. 10. Accordingly, the new price...

The novel coronavirus could help us cure cancer. Well, certain cancers. The COVID pandemic gave the pharmaceutical industry the push it needed to finally finish developing messenger-RNA technology so that companies such as Moderna and Pfizer could use the tech...

The head of NASA has said that China could claim the moon as its own territory if beats the US in the race to the lunar surface. In an interview with Politico, published Sunday, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said Chinese...

The court has ordered that Mr. Dinesh Shafter's blood samples and some local evidence discovered by the investigating officers at the crime scene be sent to the government's forensic examiner for DNA testing. This order was issued by Colombo Additional...

The cabinet has agreed to import eggs to control the price of eggs in the market. Trade Minister Naleen Fernando has expressed this agreement after informing the Cabinet about this.

Kanchana Wijesekera, the minister in charge, is said to have submitted the cabinet paper containing the proposed electricity tariff revision to today's cabinet meeting (02). However, it is reported that a final decision has been postponed until next week's cabinet...

Former British Prime Minister David Cameron, who is on a personal visit to Sri Lanka, met President Ranil Wickremesinghe at the Presidential Office this morning (02). Mr. Cameron, who joined the president in a friendly discussion, extended his best wishes...

Life-threatening leukemia can now be effectively treated with the advancement of modern multimodal treatment methods. One such treatment is Chimeric Antigen Receptor or CAR T-cell Therapy, a new method that is making breakthroughs in the treatment of complex blood cancers....

A thug attacked Mr. Palitha Rajapaksa, the senior medical officer of Badulla Hospital's emergency treatment unit. A girl who hanged herself yesterday was already dead when she arrived at the hospital, and doctors say her life could not be saved...

Chairman of the Public Utilities Commission Mr. Janaka Ratnayake said today (2) that the political authority is taking various measures to destroy the independence of the Public Utilities Commission and it is a historical mistake. Mr. Rathnayake said that it...