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LNP - Legal approval recieved for number portability service: TRCSL Crime

LNP - Legal approval recieved for number portability service: TRCSL

Legal approval has been received for the number portability facility, Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (TRCSL) Director General Oshada…

14 Oct 2021
LNP - Indian PM to host President Rajapaksa at Kushinagar International Airport inauguration Crime

LNP - Indian PM to host President Rajapaksa at Kushinagar International Airport inauguration

In what will be a major diplomatic visit next week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will be in Kushinagar in Uttar…

13 Oct 2021
LNP - Police urge motorists to use alternative routes to ease traffic jam Crime

LNP - Police urge motorists to use alternative routes to ease traffic jam

Police today advised public and motorists using Baseline Road and the port access road as alternative routes to minimize the traffic congestion due to the…

13 Oct 2021
LNP - 65 arrested while waiting to migrate illegally Crime

LNP - 65 arrested while waiting to migrate illegally

Police have arrested 65 persons including a 4-year old girl who were staying at a hotel in Trincomalee to migrate illegally to a foreign country by sea, Police…

13 Oct 2021
LNP - Mendis, Gunathilaka and Dickwella allowed to play club cricket Crime

LNP - Mendis, Gunathilaka and Dickwella allowed to play club cricket

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has rescinded the domestic cricket ban handed to Kusal Mendis, Danushka Gunathilaka and Niroshan Dickwella, subject to the players…

13 Oct 2021
LNP - Four more Sathosa officials arrested over ‘garlic scam’ Crime

LNP - Four more Sathosa officials arrested over ‘garlic scam’

Sri Lanka Police says that another four officials from Sathosa have been arrested in connection with the recent ‘garlic scam’. They are to be produced before…

12 Oct 2021
LNP - UNICEF welcomes decision to reopen schools in Sri Lanka Crime

LNP - UNICEF welcomes decision to reopen schools in Sri Lanka

UNICEF today commended the Government of Sri Lanka for its decision to reopen primary school grades 1-5 for in-person learning from 21st October and urged for…

12 Oct 2021
LNP - DMV services to be expanded Crime

LNP - DMV services to be expanded

Minister of Transport Pavithra Wanniarachchi has instructed the relevant officials to further expand the one-day services at the Department of Motor Traffic…

11 Oct 2021
LNP - Bread prices increased Crime

LNP - Bread prices increased

The Bakery Owners’ Association says that the price of a loaf of bread will be increased by Rs. 05. The association said the price of a 450g loaf of bread will…

11 Oct 2021
LNP - Litro Gas revises LP gas prices again Crime

LNP - Litro Gas revises LP gas prices again

The Litro Gas company has revised its prices of LP gas cylinders, just hours after announcing a hike in prices. The price of a 12.5 Kg domestic LP gas cylinder…

11 Oct 2021
LNP - Milk powder importers announce revised prices Crime

LNP - Milk powder importers announce revised prices

The Milk Powder Importers Association announced the revised prices of milk powder after the government decided to remove the price controls on four essential…

08 Oct 2021
LNP - Flour, milk powder Cement and LP gas control price removed: Minister Crime

LNP - Flour, milk powder Cement and LP gas control price removed: Minister

The government has decided to remove recent imposition of price controls over essential items including flour, milk powder Cement and domestic Liquid Perolium…

08 Oct 2021
LNP - ’Swarna’ Nadu rice from India to be sold at state run retail chains Crime

LNP - ’Swarna’ Nadu rice from India to be sold at state run retail chains

The Cabinet decided to sell 'Swarna' Nadu rice imported from India at Rs.98 a kg through the state -run SATHOSA and cooperative retail chains, Trade Minister…

07 Oct 2021
LNP - Over 1,000 caught during crime prevention operations in WP Crime

LNP - Over 1,000 caught during crime prevention operations in WP

Some 1,156 suspects have been arrested during a crime prevention operation carried out covering the Western Province yesterday. Police said 551 persons who…

04 Oct 2021
LNP - 40 more COVID-19 deaths reported: Death toll surges to 13,059 Crime

LNP - 40 more COVID-19 deaths reported: Death toll surges to 13,059

A total of 40 more COVID-19 related deaths that occurred yesterday (02) were confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services today pushing the death toll…

04 Oct 2021
LNP - Validity period of expired driving licences extended Crime

LNP - Validity period of expired driving licences extended

The Department of Motor Traffic through an extraordinary Gazette notification, has extended the validity period of driving licences by a maximum of 12 months…

01 Oct 2021
LNP - 59 more COVID-19 deaths reported Crime

LNP - 59 more COVID-19 deaths reported

A total of 59 more COVID-19 related deaths that occurred yesterday (29) were confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services today pushing the death toll…

01 Oct 2021
LNP - Software engineer arrested for deleting NMRA data Crime

LNP - Software engineer arrested for deleting NMRA data

The CID has arrested a former assistant software engineer at Epic Lanka Technologies in connection with the deletion of the computer data of the National…

29 Sep 2021
LNP - Strict guidelines to be issued on maintaining services after Oct.1 Crime

LNP - Strict guidelines to be issued on maintaining services after Oct.1

All arrangements will be taken to re-open the country after October 1 and the necessarily guidelines are being finalized presently, Army Commander General…

28 Sep 2021
LNP - Opening of Liquor shops violating quarantine laws challenged in Supreme Court Crime

LNP - Opening of Liquor shops violating quarantine laws challenged in Supreme Court

A Fundamental Rights petition has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the authority's decision to reopen liquor shops, violating the prevailing…

28 Sep 2021
LNP - Man serving life imprisonment acquitted testing credibility of police witnesses Crime

LNP - Man serving life imprisonment acquitted testing credibility of police witnesses

A man sentenced to life imprisonment for drug trafficking after spending two years in jail was acquitted by the Court of Appeal observing that evidence of main…

24 Sep 2021
LNP - MP, two others arrested for violating quarantine rules in Jaffna Crime

LNP - MP, two others arrested for violating quarantine rules in Jaffna

Tamil National People's Front Jaffna District MP Selvarasa Gajendran and two others were arrested for violating quarantine regulations by holding a memorial…

24 Sep 2021
LNP - Annual transfer list for medical officers delays as usual: GMOA Crime

LNP - Annual transfer list for medical officers delays as usual: GMOA

Although the methodology of making appointments for medical professionals and transfers is very important to provide a quality medical service throughout the…

24 Sep 2021
LNP - 92 more COVID-19 deaths reported Crime

LNP - 92 more COVID-19 deaths reported

A total of 92 more COVID-19 related deaths that occurred yesterday (21) were confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services today pushing the death toll…

23 Sep 2021