Politics Int’l schools to be regulated
The Government is expected to reintroduce a mechanism to register and regulate international schools in the country. As per a Cabinet proposal, submitted by…
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Politics Fuelling hikes!
Fuel prices hiked across the board Sri Lanka continues to have highest subsidised fuel prices in the South Asian region, even after the revision Govt. to…
Politics Reshuffled Cabinet to convene today
The reshuffled Cabinet is scheduled to convene for the first time today under the patronage of President Maithripala Sirisena. As the new Parliamentary session…
Politics PUCSL to decide today
Ceylon Electricity Board Engineers’ Union’s (CEBEU) President, Saumya Kumarawadu, the head of Sri Lanka’s most influential professional trade union, said that…
Politics Unemployment records 5-year low
Sri Lanka’s unemployment rate improved to 4.2 per cent in 2017, to record a five year, as the Department of Census and Statistics recorded only 358,507 in…
Politics Samurdhi should not be distributed as relief among UNPers, SLFPers: JHU
athika Hela Urumaya (JHU) General Secretary and Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka said today the Samurdhi programme should be used to help the poor to come out…
Politics Govt unable to govern a GN division, let alone country - Mahinda
https://youtu.be/udNe9YSrz68 Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa Mahinda Rajapaksa says that the incumbent government is unable to govern a Grama Niladhari…
Politics Won’t retire in 2020: President
President Maithripala Sirisena today declared that he would not retire from politics in 2020 as he had to complete his mission to serve the people and the…
Politics Won't allow PM to bring Samurdhi Bank under CB
Former social empowerment minister S.B Dissanayake today said he would never allow Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to vest the Samurdhi Bank under the…
Politics UNP will rule for next 20-30 years, promises PM
Samurdhi would be apolitical Will solve fertiliser issue, create more Jobs Party reforms will take place Stable economy, more investments Rule of law will be…
Politics Inflate Rupee Further
Hardly three months after the Yahapalana Government suffered a shock; humiliating defeat at the 10 February Local Government Polls, a prime reason being the…
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Politics Minister vows action after Yala bear saga
While stating that there is a threat to wildlife in the Yala National Park due to the action of some people, Wildlife Minister Ravindra Samaraweera yesterday…
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Politics Fuel pricing formula, an IMF condition – JO
Joint Opposition (JO) spokesman Bandula Gunawardena, MP, yesterday alleged that the Sirisena-Wickremesinghe government was about to introduce a fuel pricing…
Politics Social media ban: Undue pressure from diplomats: President
When the Sri Lankan Government took action to impose the curfew, banning the social media and declaring the State of Emergency to control the Sinhala-Muslim…
Politics Only President can win 2020: Duminda
The General Secretary of the SLFP Duminda Dissanayake yesterday said that he did not like to respond to the remarks made by SLFP Parliamentarian Dilan Perera…
Politics Ranil’s not suitable for post of Premier...
Leader of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, Member of Parliament Anura Kumara Dissanayake says Ranil Wickremesinghe is not suitable to hold the post of Prime…
Politics Abolishing Exec Presidency JVP to submit 20-A proposal JO says will support
The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) yesterday (17) said that they would submit the proposed 20th Amendment to the Constitution, to abolish the Executive…
Politics President arrives in London to participate in CHOGM
President Maithripala Sirisena reached London this morning (April 16) to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2018. He was received by…
Politics SL joins C'wealth Clean Oceans Alliance to end plastic pollution
Countries from across the Commonwealth have yesterday pledged to eliminate avoidable single use plastic in an ambitious bid to clean up the world’s oceans.…
Politics Four temp. Ministers appointed in place of six SLFPers
President Maithripala Sirisena has appointed four acting ministers to temporarily handle the Ministerial portfolios which were vacated by six Sri Lanka Freedom…
Politics Govt. plans to build 50,000 flats for low income families in Colombo
The Government plans to launch a project to build housing units in Colombo and suburbs for low income families, aiming to relocate families presently living in…