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Witness accuses SriLankan Human Resources division of ignoring sexual harassment complaints of airline staff Technology

Witness accuses SriLankan Human Resources division of ignoring sexual harassment complaints of airline staff

The Human Resources Department of SriLankan Airlines had continuously ignored allegations of sexual harassment against some members of its staff, Presidential…

22 Jun 2018
‘Lanka offers Asia’s lowest airfares’ Technology

‘Lanka offers Asia’s lowest airfares’

SriLankan Airlines is facing high competition and the best way to bail out the airline and make it viable is to call for a ‘SAARC regional open sky policy,’…

21 Jun 2018
Garrison against Gota Technology

Garrison against Gota

The press has been full of reports that outgoing US Ambassador Atul Keshap has cautioned and advised former President Mahinda Rajapaksa that the nomination of…

19 Jun 2018
Sri Lanka has never had traitors as committed and enthusiastic as current govt - MR Technology

Sri Lanka has never had traitors as committed and enthusiastic as current govt - MR

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa says that the amendments proposed to the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act of 2002 are clearly aimed at assisting…

19 Jun 2018
Latest addition to the Fairway Colombo events - Street Latin Night! Technology

Latest addition to the Fairway Colombo events - Street Latin Night!

Fairway Colombo brought about yet another impressive addition to their series of street events with the introduction of Street Latin Night, the first of which…

15 Jun 2018
Maintenance of islandwide metal flyovers RDA bemoans lack of skilled workers Rajagiriya flyover declared safe by expert panel Technology

Maintenance of islandwide metal flyovers RDA bemoans lack of skilled workers Rajagiriya flyover declared safe by expert panel

The Road Development Authority (RDA) yesterday (12), revealed that they currently lack skilled employees who possessed the knowledge to maintain the metal…

13 Jun 2018
SAITM students transfer to KDU Bill presented Technology

SAITM students transfer to KDU Bill presented

A Bill to set out a national policy to absorb medical students registered with the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM) to the General Sir…

09 Jun 2018
SriLankan Airlines continues to propel Ironman Mithun Liyanage Technology

SriLankan Airlines continues to propel Ironman Mithun Liyanage

SriLankan Airlines continues to support Ironman Mithun Liyanage, who has qualified for the prestigious 2018 Ironman 70.3 World Championships in South Africa in…

05 Jun 2018
Lanka to get Rs. 383 Mn Japanese grant aid for HRD Scholarship Programme Technology

Lanka to get Rs. 383 Mn Japanese grant aid for HRD Scholarship Programme

The government has received the cabinet approval to sign an agreement with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to obtain a grant of Japanese Yen…

04 Jun 2018
PM appoints committee to assess CEB Long-Term Generation Plan Technology

PM appoints committee to assess CEB Long-Term Generation Plan

National Policies and Economic Affairs Ministry Secretary heads six-member team Report with recommendations in a month As a potential energy crisis looms…

04 Jun 2018
Who are the MPs that obtained money from PTL? Technology

Who are the MPs that obtained money from PTL?

https://youtu.be/9qIkEONRSms Who are the MPs that obtained money from Perpetual Treasuries Limited or their associated companies? Those who claim to have the…

03 Jun 2018
Colombo to be AI’s S Asia HQ Technology

Colombo to be AI’s S Asia HQ

Amnesty International (AI) has selected Colombo as its South Asia Head Quarters and a permeant office is to be opened soon. The London-based non-governmental…

03 Jun 2018
Striking Rail Unions say no sabotage Technology

Striking Rail Unions say no sabotage

GM cries foul, calls for CID probe: The Railway Department had lodged a complaint with the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) yesterday, alleging that…

31 May 2018
Civil activists claim more that 118 benefited from the bond scam Technology

Civil activists claim more that 118 benefited from the bond scam

Civil Organizations call on authorities to expose the beneficiaries of the bond scam. According to the Executive Director of the Center for Human Rights &…

31 May 2018
Prez, PM blamed for failure of govt anti-corruption drive Technology

Prez, PM blamed for failure of govt anti-corruption drive

Petroleum Resources Development Minister Arjuna Ranatunga has blamed President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe for the UNP-led…

30 May 2018
Strike action successful -Railway employees Technology

Strike action successful -Railway employees

The Railway Technical Services Trade Union Committee says the 48 hour strike action launched over several demands has been successful. The strike was launched…

30 May 2018
Tourism Ministry website hacked by Tamil Eelam Cyber Force Technology

Tourism Ministry website hacked by Tamil Eelam Cyber Force

The Sinhalese version of the official website of the Ministry of Tourism Development and Christian Religious Affairs and the website of the Democratic…

19 May 2018
Tamils to remember the dead in Mullivaikkal Technology

Tamils to remember the dead in Mullivaikkal

Northern Province Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran urges them to unite on the ‘tragic’ Remembrance Day   N orthern Province Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran…

18 May 2018
Spread of influenza will be contained Technology

Spread of influenza will be contained

The Health Department of the Southern Province yesterday (17) said, that action was being taken to bring the present influenza crisis under control. Southern…

18 May 2018
Govt. partners Microsoft on digital transformation initiative Technology

Govt. partners Microsoft on digital transformation initiative

Sri Lanka’s plans to boost economic growth, which place digital transformation and connectivity high on the agenda to usher a new era of optimism, was sealed…

17 May 2018
Boyagoda sidelined again. Technology

Boyagoda sidelined again.

Hasitha Boyagoda, Sri Lanka’s under-19 opener whose blistering 191 at the Youth World Cup caught the world’s eye, was sidelined once again by Team Kandy during…

16 May 2018
JVP comes out blazing against govt Technology

JVP comes out blazing against govt

The JVP yesterday called on people to take to the streets against the exploitation by the government of the masses to cover the cost of its extravagance and…

16 May 2018
Authority to inspect Norochcholai coal plant Technology

Authority to inspect Norochcholai coal plant

WAYAMBA ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTS QUESTIONABLE A team led by Central Environmental Authority (CEA) Director General Hemantha Jayasinghe will make an inspection…

16 May 2018
Say ‘Sorry’, stay happy! Technology

Say ‘Sorry’, stay happy!

If only the British colonial ruler had known how his best of intentions would be misused, abused and over-used in both ways and more, after he had left these…

15 May 2018