The Sapugaskanda oil refinery which had been closed down for over a month, resumed operations today with taking delivery of crude oil unloaded through the repaired hose, the Petroleum Industries Minister Anura Priyadharshana Yapa said.
Bashar al-Assad was sworn in for a new seven-year term as President of Syria for the third time on Wednesday agency reports said.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been named the new leader of the reconstituted BJP Parliamentary Party in both Houses of Parliament, according to a news report published by the Press Trust of India today (12).
Rear Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne has been promoted to the rank of Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Navy with effect from July 07, 2014 by President Mahinda Rajapaksa, in his capacity as the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces.
The Supreme Court on Friday (11) ordered the Ceylon Tobacco Company (CTC) to display pictorial warnings on 60 percent of the surface of a packet of cigarettes, with 40 percent of the surface area to be allocated for the manufacturer’s details with effect from January 01, 2014.
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