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BOI signs agreement for Braybrooke apartment complex Uncategorized

BOI signs agreement for Braybrooke apartment complex

BOI signed an agreement with Braybrooke Residential Towers (Pvt) Ltd to set up an apartment complex in Colombo 2. The total investment of this project is US$…

02 Dec 2018
Ranil is UNP’s nominee for PM – Kabir Uncategorized

Ranil is UNP’s nominee for PM – Kabir

The UNP has informed President Maithripala Sirisena and the Tamil National Alliance that UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe is the nominee of the UNP for the…

02 Dec 2018
40% deliveries were no balls Uncategorized

40% deliveries were no balls

The recently concluded third Test of the three-match Test series between England Sri Lanka came into headlines for a strange incident. Although England managed…

02 Dec 2018
His garrulity is a congenital abnormality Uncategorized

His garrulity is a congenital abnormality

There is a white-collar high-up whom some in political circles brand as ‘a queer one’ these days.   This character holds a very high office which has…

30 Nov 2018
Motion passed! Uncategorized

Motion passed!

The motion which was presented to Parliament to curtail expenditure to the Office of the Prime Minister was passed today. UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe is…

30 Nov 2018
Prez to meet Opp. Leader, UNF leaders to resolve crisis Uncategorized

Prez to meet Opp. Leader, UNF leaders to resolve crisis

President Maithripala Sirisena has assured Speaker Karu Jayasuriya to hold separate discussions with the Opposition Leader and the Leaders of the United…

30 Nov 2018
Lankan shuttlers perform brilliantly to grab nine golds Uncategorized

Lankan shuttlers perform brilliantly to grab nine golds

Sri Lankan Masters shuttlers came up with a brilliant performance on the final day of the first ever Masters Badminton Tournament winning 9 finals out of 29…

29 Nov 2018
Admiral docked ! Uncategorized

Admiral docked !

After months of evading arrest, burly CDS surrenders to court; refused bail Remanded till 5 December; special protective custody ordered CDS reprimanded for…

29 Nov 2018
Making predictions to suit the aspirations Uncategorized

Making predictions to suit the aspirations

A prominent green party stalwart confided in a businessman buddy his desire to consult a reputed astrologer in a neighboring part of the neighboring country.…

29 Nov 2018
I was not officially informed : CDS Uncategorized

I was not officially informed : CDS

Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Ravindra Wijegunaratne said today that he was not informed by the Senior DIG of the CID, IGP or the Defence Secretary to appear…

28 Nov 2018
Offer to come in another guise! Uncategorized

Offer to come in another guise!

The top men of the new regime have not given up the idea of hooking some green members at whatever cost despite opening a can of worms with audio clips…

28 Nov 2018
England spin to clean sweep over SL Uncategorized

England spin to clean sweep over SL

England beat Sri Lanka by 42 runs in the third Test in Colombo on Monday to claim their first overseas whitewash in a three-match series in 55 years. Spinners…

27 Nov 2018
Lanka can meet its foreign debt obligations - Prof. Samarakoon Uncategorized

Lanka can meet its foreign debt obligations - Prof. Samarakoon

Responding to the recent concerns raised by Moody’s Investor Service on Sri Lanka’s future debt repayment, National Economic Council of Sri Lanka (NEC)…

25 Nov 2018
Tax dodger carries on regardless Uncategorized

Tax dodger carries on regardless

A company running a factory has defaulted on tax payments amounting to some Rs.190 million, but the authorities concerned had failed to act either to recover…

25 Nov 2018
Tax dodger carries on regardless Uncategorized

Tax dodger carries on regardless

A company running a factory has defaulted on tax payments amounting to some Rs.190 million, but the authorities concerned had failed to act either to recover…

25 Nov 2018
Ranil in Kandy Uncategorized

Ranil in Kandy

UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe addressing a rally in Kandy today. He also held discussions with Mahanayakas of the Asgiriya and Malwatte chapters during the…

25 Nov 2018
Rashid, Stokes send Sri Lanka crumbling after tea Uncategorized

Rashid, Stokes send Sri Lanka crumbling after tea

England 336 (Bairstow 110, Stokes 57, Sandakan 5-95) and 3 for 0 (Burns 2*, Jennings 1*) lead Sri Lanka 240 (Karunaratne 83, Dhananjaya 73, Rashid 5-49, Stokes…

25 Nov 2018
Ranil advises MPs not to comment on judicial matters Govt. flays Ranjan over comments on dissolution ruling Uncategorized

Ranil advises MPs not to comment on judicial matters Govt. flays Ranjan over comments on dissolution ruling

UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday asked members of his parliamentary group not to make statements on ongoing court cases.   Wickremesinghe,…

23 Nov 2018
‘Moody’s latest rating decision unfounded’ Uncategorized

‘Moody’s latest rating decision unfounded’

he Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) is of the view that the decision by Moody’s Investors Service (Moody's) on November 20, 2018 to downgrade the government of…

23 Nov 2018
Can Sri Lanka avoid whitewash? Uncategorized

Can Sri Lanka avoid whitewash?

Sri Lanka’s Head Coach Chandika Hathurusingha talks with Nishan Peiris (R) during a practice session at the Sinhalese Sports Club ground in Colombo on November…

23 Nov 2018
Beware the Fall Army Worm Uncategorized

Beware the Fall Army Worm

Fall Army Worm destroying a plant The Fall Army Worm (FAW) threat looms large in Sri Lanka. The larvae stage of the Fall Armyworm moth (Spodoptera frugiperda),…

22 Nov 2018
A bridge too far Uncategorized

A bridge too far

Members of the England cricket team celebrate after Angelo Mathews’ dismissal was confirmed by the television umpire during day four of the second Test at the…

21 Nov 2018
ea came at right time for us on day four - Root Uncategorized

ea came at right time for us on day four - Root

Sri Lanka were being guided into a famous Test win by their former captain Angelo Mathews in the second Test at Pallekele and the hosts went into the tea break…

20 Nov 2018
UNP moves to limit public funds to PM Uncategorized

UNP moves to limit public funds to PM

Parliamentarians Ravi Karunanayake, Navin Dissanayake, Chathura Senaratne, Nalaka Kolonne, Hector Appuhamy and Kavinda Jayawardana handing over a copy of the…

20 Nov 2018