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President emphasized the need to prevent brain drain to achieve rapid development

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa emphasized the need of preventing brain drain to achieve rapid development in the country ‘If the Government as well as the private sector can ensure that a high standard of education is provided by local universities and other higher educational institutions, it may even be possible for us to start attracting international students to study in Sri Lanka and convert the higher education sector into a foreign exchange earner for the country&, the President said.The President made these remarks addressing the Convocation of the General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University held at the BMICH, yesterday (10).

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FOREIGN MINISTER CONCLUDES THE FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT TO INDIA

Minister of Foreign Relations, Dinesh Gunawardena, undertaking his first official visit overseas since assumption of office, visited India from 9-10 January 2020 at the invitation of the Minister of External Affairs of India.The visit was part of the high-level exchanges that took place following the recent Presidential elections in Sri Lanka, and a follow up to the State visit of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to India in November 2019.During the visit, Minister Gunawardena held high level talks with his counterparts from the Ministries of External Affairs, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, as well as Labour and Employment of the Government of India.

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Industrial production grew 1.3% in 2019

As per Sri LankaIndex of Industrial Production (IIP), industrial production in the country grew by 1.3 percent between November 2018 and November 2019, according to the Census and Statistics Department (CSD).The IIP is an index that measures short term trends in the volume of industrial production.

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Foreign ministers discuss sensitive fishermen issue

Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Thursday held talks with his Sri Lankan counterpart Dinesh Gunawardena on a host of topics, including the sensitive fishermen issue.The Sri Lankan foreign minister, who arrived in India on Wednesday night (08) on a three-day visit, during the talks stated that as announced by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa all the 52 boats being held by Lanka will be released, Indian Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said.

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12 hour water cut for some areas in Colombo

A 12-hour water cut will be imposed in several areas in Colombo from tonight (10), stated the National Water Supply and Drainage Board (NWSDB). Accordingly, the aforementioned water cut will commence at 10 pm tonight and continue until 10 am tomorrow (11).The water cut will be imposed in Colombo 13, 14 and 15, stated the NWSDB.Further, low-pressure water supply could be experienced in Colombo 01 and 11.

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SLC declares open new player accommodation facility

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), yesterday (09), declared opened a new facility in the High Performance Centre of the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, to provide accommodation facilities for cricketers.The Player Accommodation Facility was declared open by former National Captain and current President of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), Kumar Sangakkara.

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