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MR violated country’s sovereignty by accepting bribe from China: Kabir

Minister of Highways Kabir Hashim yesterday charged that former President Mahinda Rajapaksa had not only accepted a bribe from China Harbour Engineering…

NDB secures loan up to $75 m with Commerzbank Germany

National Development Bank (NDB) has successfully negotiated a loan up to $75 million, from Commerzbank Aktikengsellschaft Germany recently. Dubai-based Alpen…

Hansika gets Asian Games boost

Sri Lanka’s boxing ambitions at next month’s Asian Games, received another shot in the arm, with Keshani Hansika winning a bronze medal in the lightweight…

CPC loses Rs. 5.4 b from kerosene sales

The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) incurred a loss of Rs. 5.4 billion from the sale of kerosene oil in 2017, the Government told Parliament yesterday, but…

Feeding alcohol to toddler: Father says it was water in the bottle

The father of the baby, who was seen in a social media video, feeding it with a beer bottle, told court yesterday that it was water that was in the bottle and…

No downsizing of Army - PM

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday (18), told Parliament that Army Commander Lieutenant General, Mahesh Senanayake was willing to meet Opposition…

US still can move resolutions though not being member of UNHRC - Spokesperson

Sri Lanka accountability issues: In spite of quitting the Geneva-based United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), the US, as an Observer still can co-sponsor…

Glyphosate ban revocation comes under fire

The Joint Opposition (JO) and Parliamentarian Ven. Athuraliye Rathana Thera yesterday (17), demanded that the Government reveal its true stance on the…

FUEL PRICING FORMULAE, A VITAL COG IN THE WHEEL - ECONOMISTS

Experts say keeping price of fuel below the global market determined level is an implicit subsidy that is reflected in CEYPETCO losses and has to be funded by…

CC: JO wants Dinesh to replace Sampanthan

Having secured the support of a section of the SLFP parliamentary group loyal to President Maithripala Sirisena, the Joint Opposition intends to step up…

Execute them, says the Archbishop: Hang the lot, says Bodu Bala pope

Inconsistencies on ICC’s part — Lankan trio begs for least possible punishment

Sri Lanka cricket captain Dinesh Chandimal, coach Chandika Hathurusingha and manager Asanka Gurusinha have blamed match officials of misleading them during the…

Army moves to relocate troops into Jaffna Fort meets stiff resistance

The historic Dutch Fort of Jaffna, recently restored at a cost of Rs 104 million is emerging as a bone of contention, with the military trying to relocate…

FSP Leader asks why the JVP has gone silent on govt rogues it helped to bring to power

Frontline Socialist Party Leader Kumar Gunaratnam told a meeting in Kandy on Saturday (14) that the Sri Lanka-Singapore Agreement was a danger to the country.…

Prisons Dept. to enlist 2 new hangmen

The Prisons Department will call for applications to recruit two hangmen next week to carry out death sentences, Prisons Spokesman Commissioner Thushara…

MPs can sell their duty free vehicles

CIABOC determination: The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has cleared the way for lawmakers to sell super luxury…

Mihin liquidator ordered to submit documents by July 25: PCoI on SriLankan

Chairman of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCol) on irregularities at SriLankan Airlines, SriLankan Catering and Mihin Lanka, former Supreme Court…

New traffic fines from Sunday, 10 more offences included

The number traffic offences that deserve fines has been increased from July 15 which includes ten new offences, the Director of Traffic Administration and Road…

65-pct of Sri Lanka state workers do not have A-Levels

Less than seven percent of Sri Lanka's 1.1 million public sector workforce have university degrees in commerce, management or science related areas, while 35…

USD 585 mn for SL parties from US: JO demands probe

Presidential election 2015: Anuradhapura District UPFA MP Shehan Semasinghe says a comprehensive inquiry is needed to ascertain US funding made available to…

“Vehicle and motorcycle owners would have the capacity of bearing taxes”

– Inland Revenue Dept.- Commissioner of the Inland Revenue Department Ivan Dissanayake has stated that vehicle and motorcycle owners would have the capacity of…

Rs. 600 million from Rotary to Sri Lanka focus on 2018/19

There has been a donor funding of $ 3.9 million dollars or Rs. 600 million, given by Rotary Foundation to Sri Lanka in the last five years, said the newly…

Can the SLFP be thrown out?

Sampanthan - Tamil National Alliance (TNA) leader R. Sampanthan asked in Parliament as to how the new political party Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) could…

Mendis issues 2,487 cheques for Rs. 1.134 mn in eight months

A team of experts who probed the accounts of WM Mendis Company, owned by the Perpetual Treasuries Pvt. Ltd, has found that it has issued 2,487 cheques from one…