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Uncategorized LNP - Andre Russell hammers 65 off 19 balls, Colombo Kings make 96 to win five-over shootout
With this innings, Andre Russell basically crash-landed at the LPL like an alien from a way bigger-hitting planet than earth, clobbering what seemed like nine…
Uncategorized LNP - Mahara prison riot: four killed, 26 injured
At least four inmates were killed and 26 others injured, yesterday evening, when officers opened fire during a riot in the Mahara prison. It was not clear how…
Uncategorized LNP - Manipulated the defeat of the budget to spite a rival!
The annual budget of a local body in Uwa had recently been defeated despite the ruling government party commanding a comfortable majority. The defeat of the…
Uncategorized LNP - Nearly 74,000 persons under home quarantine
Close to 74,000 people belonging to 27,974 families had been placed under home quarantine, Police Spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana said on Wednesday (25). He said…
Uncategorized LNP - Caught red-handed!
The main character of this story is a white-collar high-up handling account in a state-run establishment dealing with pharmaceuticals. He had made it a…
Uncategorized LNP - LPL rocked by corruption scandal
A former Sri Lanka cricketer is under probe after his alleged attempt to entice a player into corrupt practice in the inaugural Lanka Premier League tournament…
Uncategorized LNP - Foreign force behind Easter Sunday attacks – Sirisena
A powerful foreign country or an agency was behind the Easter Sunday bombings and the National Thowheed Jamaat (NTJ) leader Zaharan Hashim, former President…
Uncategorized LNP - Dambulla Viikings gear up to conquer
While a captain is to be officially named this team is not short on leadership; in Dasun Shanaka, Upul Tharanga and Ireland international Paul Stirling,…
Uncategorized LNP - HIP helps ease congestion at Colombo Port
The military cargo containers exported by a South African company were transshipped via HIP, to Pakistan and Abu Dhabi. The discharging vessel ‘MCP Graz’ was…
Uncategorized LNP - Steyn to play LPL, but could miss early games
Lanka Premier League received a shot in the arm after it was confirmed that pace sensation Dale Steyn will be arriving in the island shortly and will turn out…
Uncategorized LNP - Easter Sunday probe: CB not informed of Rs 4 bn Hizbullah et al received from overseas
Two current accounts, operated by former Eastern Province Governor M. L. A. M. Hizbullah and others at the Bank of Ceylon (BoC) branch at Kollupitiya, had…
Uncategorized LNP - Wallabies vs Pumas – Stalemate!
This match was played in Newcastle, Sydney, between two teams who are getting a reputation for playing rough and tumble rugby rather than the silky-smooth…
Uncategorized LNP - Offer is too tantalizing to reject?
A political bigwig had the other day received an SMS message from a very high place, they say. The message reportedly carried an invitation to accept some high…
Uncategorized LNP - Kia’s 2020 Sorento beats Aston Martin & BMW
Kia’s all-new 2020 Sorento, as yet unseen on Sri Lanka’s roads, has won the illustrious German automobile prize ‘Das Goldene Lenkrad’ or the ‘Golden Steering…
Uncategorized LNP - US Navy Secretary talks of placing new fleet near Indian, Pacific Oceans
Our Special Correspondent NEW DELHI, November 18: A senior US official has called for the setting up of a new fleet closer to the “crossroads” of the Indian…
Uncategorized LNP - My11Circle comes on board as title sponsor of LPL
A galaxy of global stars which includes Lasith Malinga and Angelo Mathews will be taking part in the 15-day extravaganza. In a major boost to the inaugural…
Uncategorized LNP - PM pledges to reduce budget deficit from 10% to 4% by 2025
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday (12) asked Parliament to increase the borrowing limit by Rs.180 billion while amending the guarantee limit to 15…
Uncategorized LNP - Resumption of burials a high risk the country cannot afford to take – MP Muzammil
SLPP (Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna) National List MP Mohammed Muzammil yesterday strongly urged the government not to resume burial of Muslim corona victims…
Uncategorized LNP - Taken for a ride!
This is also an amusing anecdote related to the 20A. The main character of this story is a learned Diyawanna politico representing a district in the Western…
Uncategorized LNP - Now, SJB MP says she renounced British citizenship in 2015
Dissident Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB) MP Dayana Gamage yesterday said that she had renounced her British citizenship in 2015 to launch her full time political…
Uncategorized LNP - A costly miscalculation
This politico was so sure that he would win a seat at the last general polls, he took a big building on a monthly rent of Rs.2 lakhs to run his political…
Uncategorized LNP - Suncorp Hoodoo!
The Bledisloe dead rubber but a game with points for the tri-nations rugby tournament played at Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane. The Wallabies had lost only once at…
Uncategorized LNP - Challenge of healing divisions is common to US and SL
In 1961, shortly after his election victory, President-elect John F Kennedy quoted one of the first colonists of the US, John Winthrop who, in the year 1630,…
Uncategorized LNP - Impractical move to win brownie points
A prominent political authority has decided to shift an establishment related to construction work functioning under his purview to a state-owned building…