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Fuel pricing formula, an IMF condition – JO

Joint Opposition (JO) spokesman Bandula Gunawardena, MP, yesterday alleged that the Sirisena-Wickremesinghe government was about to introduce a fuel pricing…

Anusha to call it a day after Asian Games

Boxer Anusha Kodithuwakku who broke the hoodoo to produce Sri Lanka’s first boxing medal in 68 years and maiden women’s boxing medal in the recent Commonwealth…

Sri Lanka rupee plunges to new historic lows after liquidity injections

Sri Lanka's rupee hit a low of 156.50 to the US dollar in intra-day trading Wednesday down from 155.70/80 last week, after the central bank cut rates and…

Letter to Zuckerberg from Sri Lanka: No to religious hatred and misogyny on Facebook

Twelve Sri Lankan groups signed the letter. At least six million people regularly use Facebook on the island. The letter demands action to protect personal…

CPC Sapugaskanda Oil Refinery undergoes major overhaul

The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation’s (CPC) Sapugaskanda Oil Refinery successfully completed a colossal 35-day overhaul and renovation programme recently, aimed…

This New Beachfront Jungle Lodge in Sri Lanka Is Our Latest Glamping Crush

With a pristine beach on one side and a wildlife-rich national park on the other, this eco-resort is an adventurer’s paradise.

Ranil’s not suitable for post of Premier...

Leader of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, Member of Parliament Anura Kumara Dissanayake says Ranil Wickremesinghe is not suitable to hold the post of Prime…

Sri Lanka car registrations up in March, Wagon-R leads

Sri Lanka's vehicle purchases rose 6.5 percent in March 2018 from a year earlier, with car registration up 107 percent to 5,968 units with Suzuki Wagon-R…

Southern Expressway grosses Rs. 105 mn during festive week

The Road Development Authority says that a revenue of Rs.105 million was generated from the Southern Expressway during the New Year Season from April 10 to 16.…

Global recognition for SL’s dry zone Cascaded Tank-Village System

Included among 14 new sites in eight countries to be designated globally important agricultural heritage systems by Food and Agriculture Organization of the…

Abolishing Exec Presidency JVP to submit 20-A proposal JO says will support

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) yesterday (17) said that they would submit the proposed 20th Amendment to the Constitution, to abolish the Executive…

SL joins C'wealth Clean Oceans Alliance to end plastic pollution

Countries from across the Commonwealth have yesterday pledged to eliminate avoidable single use plastic in an ambitious bid to clean up the world’s oceans.…

Aluthgamage remanded till today

Former Minister of Sports Mahindananda Aluthgamage was yesterday (16) remanded until today (17) the Colombo Fort Magistrate, Lanka Jayaratne, due to his…

Govt. plans to build 50,000 flats for low income families in Colombo

The Government plans to launch a project to build housing units in Colombo and suburbs for low income families, aiming to relocate families presently living in…

NCM victory and the end of Yahapalanaya ?

Although the no-confidence motion brought against Prime Minister, Ranil Wickremesighe, has been decisively defeated largely because of those who brought it…

Absence of termination clauses, ill-effects highlighted

Professionals oppose SL-Singapore free trade pact The recently signed Sri Lanka-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (SLSFTA) is a smokescreen for introducing…

CABINET MEETS SANS SLFP, NEW CABINET BEFORE NEW YEAR

President Maithripala Sirisena had informed Cabinet of his intent to make a reshuffle before the Sinhala and Tamil New Year. The President had made an…

MOVING LANKA TO A CASHLESS SOCIETY

Sri Lanka will be moving towards a cashless transaction era enabling it to become a digital economy with Visa, the global leader in digital payments technology…

Anusha creates history

First Lankan woman in C’wealth Games Boxing semis Anusha Dilrukshi Kodituwakku became the first ever Sri Lankan woman boxer to enter a semifinal in a…

22 Global reinsurance giants join to provide reinsurance

Sri Lanka's only local reinsurance provider, The National Insurance Trust Fund (NITF) has successfully concluded the placement of its reinsurance programmes…

Authorities had not made any attempt to resolve Uni. non-academic strike: UTAJU

The Higher Education Ministry(HEM) and the University Grants Commission (UGC) had not made any substantial attempt to resolve month long non-academic strike…

The Future of Colombo is here

In 1962 when Lee Kuan Yew visited Ceylon, he was coming from a war torn land. He immediately fell in love with the human scale and the large trees he saw as a…

Who won?

Who won the battle of the no-confidence motion? There were a two winners, not one. One of them won tactically and the other strategically. There were also many…