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Fire erupt at BIA

A fire broke out at an electrical home appliance storage unit of the duty-free shopping mall at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) this morning,…

Reshuffled Cabinet to convene today

The reshuffled Cabinet is scheduled to convene for the first time today under the patronage of President Maithripala Sirisena. As the new Parliamentary session…

PUCSL to decide today

Ceylon Electricity Board Engineers’ Union’s (CEBEU) President, Saumya Kumarawadu, the head of Sri Lanka’s most influential professional trade union, said that…

Unemployment records 5-year low

Sri Lanka’s unemployment rate improved to 4.2 per cent in 2017, to record a five year, as the Department of Census and Statistics recorded only 358,507 in…

COLOMBO’S NEW SMART PARKING METERS CREATE A STIR

A few weeks ago, Rashmini de Silva parked her car near the Savoy Theater in Wellawatte. It was a designated parking lot, though there was no attendant in…

Samurdhi should not be distributed as relief among UNPers, SLFPers: JHU

athika Hela Urumaya (JHU) General Secretary and Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka said today the Samurdhi programme should be used to help the poor to come out…

$ 75 m EAP deal struck with $ 35 m initial infusion

The long-awaited and crucial deal on EAP Group, linked to the revival of ETI Finance and Swarnamahal Financial Services, has been struck with an investment…

Govt unable to govern a GN division, let alone country - Mahinda

https://youtu.be/udNe9YSrz68 Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa Mahinda Rajapaksa says that the incumbent government is unable to govern a Grama Niladhari…

Won't allow PM to bring Samurdhi Bank under CB

Former social empowerment minister S.B Dissanayake today said he would never allow Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to vest the Samurdhi Bank under the…

Samurdhi Bank to come under CBSL

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday announced that the Samurdhi Community Bank would be brought under purview of the Finance Ministry and the Central…

UNP will rule for next 20-30 years, promises PM

Samurdhi would be apolitical Will solve fertiliser issue, create more Jobs Party reforms will take place Stable economy, more investments Rule of law will be…

Inflate Rupee Further

Hardly three months after the Yahapalana Government suffered a shock; humiliating defeat at the 10 February Local Government Polls, a prime reason being the…

SL win five golds with four records

Sri Lanka won five Gold medals including a clean sweep in the Men’s 400m at the 3rd South Asian Junior Athletics Championship started at Sugathadasa Stadium…

Cartoon of the day

SLC current ExCo to continue as interim committee

Preparing for Vesak

End of road for Seneviratne?

Lasitha Gunaratne has emerged as the leading contender to head Sri Lanka Rugby (SLR) as local rugby powerhouse Western Province Rugby Football Union (WPRFU)…

Opposing me is nothing significant: Ravi

Transparency improves in SL’s budget implementation process

Transparency improves in SL’s budget implementation process

The government has made significant progress in disclosing the status of implementation of promises in the budget 2017 in the last six months of 2017 and…

Car found floating on Viyana canal

Cartoon of the day

UNP names Akila, Kabir, Navin, Ruwan and Harsha for party positions

Paddy output set to recover this Maha season