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Maintain ‘silent period’ – PAFFREL Technology

Maintain ‘silent period’ – PAFFREL

Election Monitoring Bodies have requested all individuals and groups to refrain from direct or indirect involvement in any and all election activities, during…

08 Feb 2018
Udayanga detained at Dubai airport Technology

Udayanga detained at Dubai airport

Former Sri Lankan Ambassador to Russia Udayanga Weeratunga had been reportedly detained at the Dubai Airport this morning, while in transit to the United…

05 Feb 2018
Sri Lanka fights, yet loses to Thailand Technology

Sri Lanka fights, yet loses to Thailand

Davis Cup Tennis in Colombo Sans the services of their key player, Harshana Godamanna, all expected a one-sided affair yet Sri Lanka gave the visiting Thais a…

05 Feb 2018
PCOI to probe Srilankan Airlines & Mihin Air Technology

PCOI to probe Srilankan Airlines & Mihin Air

The Presidential Commission of Inquiry to look into malpractices reported at SriLankan Airlines and Mihin Air proposed by the President has been appointed. The…

03 Feb 2018
Japan Claims a Stake in Sri Lanka’s Ports Technology

Japan Claims a Stake in Sri Lanka’s Ports

Sri Lanka is caught between the need for foreign investment and the risk of being the object of a great power tug-of-war. Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono’s…

25 Jan 2018
Light railway to take off this year Technology

Light railway to take off this year

Physical work of the proposed light railway project from Kaduwela to Colombo Fort would commence this year said Min ister of Megalopolis Development Champika…

24 Jan 2018
Mathews in doubt for Tests against Bangladesh Technology

Mathews in doubt for Tests against Bangladesh

Angelo Mathews is not merely out of the ongoing ODI tri-nation series, but is also in serious doubt for the Tests against Bangladesh, and has returned to…

22 Jan 2018
Now that Bond Commission too has said it, Govt. cannot postpone the reform of Central Bank any more Technology

Now that Bond Commission too has said it, Govt. cannot postpone the reform of Central Bank any more

Resurrecting an old pledge The Deputy Minister of National Policy and Economic Affairs, Dr. Harsha de Silva, commonly known as Harsha, is reported to have…

22 Jan 2018
All set for Free and Fair LG Polls – Mahinda Deshapriya Technology

All set for Free and Fair LG Polls – Mahinda Deshapriya

Elections Commission Chairman Mahinda Deshapriya said his staff has done its utmost to ensure free and fair Local Government elections on 10 February. "The era…

21 Jan 2018
NOCSL Members came out together against current regime Rohan Fernando announces candidacy for presidency Technology

NOCSL Members came out together against current regime Rohan Fernando announces candidacy for presidency

Fourteen strong members of the National Olympic Committee Sri Lanka (NOCSL) came together to make an official announcement of the candidacy for president at…

21 Jan 2018
Govt. slapped with high insurance premium for Central Expressway loan from Japanese bank Technology

Govt. slapped with high insurance premium for Central Expressway loan from Japanese bank

The Government is to be slapped with a massive insurance premium of Rs. 14 billion, for a loan of Rs 138 billion from a Japanese bank, to construct a 32-km…

21 Jan 2018
Speaker brokers SLFP-UNP truce, but undercurrents remain Technology

Speaker brokers SLFP-UNP truce, but undercurrents remain

Speaker Karu Jayasuriya has intervened in a growing spat of angry outbursts among coalition partners – the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and the United…

21 Jan 2018
Bond scam: Speaker’s attention drawn to take action against COPE members Technology

Bond scam: Speaker’s attention drawn to take action against COPE members

Speaker’s attention has been drawn to take necessary action against the Committee On Public Enterprises ( COPE ) members who had conversations with Perpetual…

18 Jan 2018
Young Chinese billionaire invests in SupremeSAT Technology

Young Chinese billionaire invests in SupremeSAT

Forbes listed young billionaire of mainland China Cai Xiaoru (left) exchanges the agreement signed with Supreme Global Holdings Chairman R.M. Manivannan in…

16 Jan 2018
What happened to me happened to Maithri as well: MR Technology

What happened to me happened to Maithri as well: MR

Former President and MP Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday said same fate had befallen on both him and President Maithripala Sirisena, because both of their tenures…

16 Jan 2018
SL Banks ill-prepared for cyber attacks State-sponsored attacks a very real threat Cyber security expert Technology

SL Banks ill-prepared for cyber attacks State-sponsored attacks a very real threat Cyber security expert

A leading multinational cyber security and anti-virus provider warned that the majority of Sri Lanka's banks are unprepared to face severe cyber attacks,…

14 Jan 2018
Sri Lanka tourism awards cyber Security contract to Sri Lanka CERT|CC Technology

Sri Lanka tourism awards cyber Security contract to Sri Lanka CERT|CC

Sri Lanka CERT, the national computer emergency readiness team, has been entrusted with the task of providing a wide range of cyber security services for the…

12 Jan 2018
Angelo Mathews appointed SL limited over captain Technology

Angelo Mathews appointed SL limited over captain

Less than six months after stepping down as Sri Lanka’s captain across all formats of the game, Angelo Mathews has been reappointed as the team’s limited overs…

10 Jan 2018
SriLankan Airlines Board resignation accepted. Technology

SriLankan Airlines Board resignation accepted.

The SriLankan Airlines Restructuring Ministerial Committee has yesterday (03) faccepted the resignation of Board of Directors and is to appoint a 5-member…

04 Jan 2018
Apeksha Hospital to receive long awaited PET scanner on Jan. 25 Technology

Apeksha Hospital to receive long awaited PET scanner on Jan. 25

The long awaited Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scanner which was purchased by public contribution will be arrive at the Maharagama Apeksha Hospital on…

03 Jan 2018
We can’t despair, we can’t abandon things, says Sri Lanka’s R. Sampanthan Technology

We can’t despair, we can’t abandon things, says Sri Lanka’s R. Sampanthan

Sri Lanka’s seniormost politician on the government’s record on the political solution to the Tamil issue R. Sampanthan, leader of the Opposition in Sri…

03 Jan 2018
Bills redrafted more than 20 times, Legal Draftsman complains Technology

Bills redrafted more than 20 times, Legal Draftsman complains

The Legal Draftsman’s Department has redrafted Bills, some more than 20 times, as instructing agencies keep on changing policy, the Department has said in a…

03 Jan 2018