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Which UNP politician lead the mob that surrounded MTV/MBC HQ Uncategorized

Which UNP politician lead the mob that surrounded MTV/MBC HQ

The individual who lead the unruly behavior opposite the MTV/MBC head office was identified as Kithsiri Rajapaksa a UNP politician representing the Colombo…

06 Apr 2018
PM thanks supportive MPs, admits shortcomings, vows to strengthen Govt. and UNP Uncategorized

PM thanks supportive MPs, admits shortcomings, vows to strengthen Govt. and UNP

    Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday (4 April) expressed his gratitude to all the Parliamentarians who helped to defeat the Motion of…

05 Apr 2018
WATCH: 'Sri Lanka's Got Talent' contestant knocks himself out during karate routine Uncategorized

WATCH: 'Sri Lanka's Got Talent' contestant knocks himself out during karate routine

Sri Lanka's got talent, and probably also a serious concussion. On the first season of "Sri Lanka's Got Talent" -- the latest of many localized Got Talent…

05 Apr 2018
PM Ranil Wickremesinghe defeats the No-Confidence Motion Uncategorized

PM Ranil Wickremesinghe defeats the No-Confidence Motion

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has defeated the No-Confidence Motion brought up against him by the Joint Opposition. The Premier gained the support of 122…

05 Apr 2018
Royal victory for Ranil Uncategorized

Royal victory for Ranil

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremsinghe yesterday emerged victorious after he managed to decisively defeat the much anticipated No-Confidence Motion with a…

05 Apr 2018
FinMin puts bunching debt figure at US $ 15bn between 2019 and 2022 Uncategorized

FinMin puts bunching debt figure at US $ 15bn between 2019 and 2022

The headroom to tackle Sri Lanka’s worsening public debt situation appears to be disappearing as the government estimates a whopping US $ 15 billion in foreign…

05 Apr 2018
Money talks for prisoners #967 and #968 Uncategorized

Money talks for prisoners #967 and #968

They were accused of being involved in a major Treasury bond scam but putting them behind bars did not stop them from using the money they had to bribe…

04 Apr 2018
National Audit Bill presented to P’ment Uncategorized

National Audit Bill presented to P’ment

The long-awaited National Audit Bill was presented in Parliament yesterday by the Government as it seeks to widen the powers of the Auditor General and…

04 Apr 2018
NCM: TNA’s final decision this morning Uncategorized

NCM: TNA’s final decision this morning

SLMC likely to back Ranil . The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has postponed till 10.00 am today in making a final decision on the no-confidence against Prime…

04 Apr 2018
Nation nervy over No-confidence today! Uncategorized

Nation nervy over No-confidence today!

Ranil and UNP confident of defeating motion TNA and SLMC to vote in support of PM UNF throws support behind PM, insists they have numbers to carry the day…

04 Apr 2018
Nearly 11.8 million signed up for Obamacare for 2018, but questions arise for next year Uncategorized

Nearly 11.8 million signed up for Obamacare for 2018, but questions arise for next year

Obamacare remained popular with millions of Americans in 2018, despite the Trump administration's repeated attacks. Nearly 11.8 million people selected…

04 Apr 2018
Bank of Ceylon soars higher in 2017 Uncategorized

Bank of Ceylon soars higher in 2017

The Bank of Ceylon has ended 2017 with another spearheading record of Rs. 30.3 billion Profit Before Tax (PBT), its highest-ever PBT. The Bank has recorded an…

03 Apr 2018
University non-academic strike likely to end today Uncategorized

University non-academic strike likely to end today

The strike of the university non-academic staff, which had dragged on for 35 days was likely to end today, after a meeting among the members of the University…

03 Apr 2018
UNP sure of defeating NCM - Akila Uncategorized

UNP sure of defeating NCM - Akila

The UNP yesterday vowed to defeat the No-Confidence Motion (NCM) against Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe securing more than 120 votes. With less than 48…

03 Apr 2018
Protest march to oust Ranil Uncategorized

Protest march to oust Ranil

Attorney-at-Law Maithri Gunaratne, who has organized a march, from Kandy to Colombo, in a bid to force Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to resign from his…

02 Apr 2018
Ranil likely to make the great escape Uncategorized

Ranil likely to make the great escape

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is expected to come out victorious on April 4 when the no-confidence motion against him is debated and a vote is taken.…

02 Apr 2018
Putin Gotabaya In Context – Pun Intended Uncategorized

Putin Gotabaya In Context – Pun Intended

I support Putin, just as I support Mahinda, and with more caution and caveats, am willing to support Gotabaya if the need arises, because I remember what…

02 Apr 2018
CPC loses Rs. 266 million a week: Fuel pricing formula urgently needed Uncategorized

CPC loses Rs. 266 million a week: Fuel pricing formula urgently needed

The Government has no funds to keep propping up the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC), though it has chosen to keep selling fuel at current prices even after…

02 Apr 2018
GCE O/L 2017: 10,000 candidates secure ‘A’ passes for all subjects Uncategorized

GCE O/L 2017: 10,000 candidates secure ‘A’ passes for all subjects

Outstation students have secured top fifteen places at the G. C. E. O/L examination 2017 according to results released at Wednesday midnight by the Examination…

30 Mar 2018
US GSP duty free access effective for Sri Lanka from April 22 Uncategorized

US GSP duty free access effective for Sri Lanka from April 22

The re-authorised US GSP scheme enabling duty free exports will become effective for Sri Lankan exporters from 22 April, Minister of Industry and Commerce…

30 Mar 2018
Google’s womenwill programme-launch in Sri Lanka Uncategorized

Google’s womenwill programme-launch in Sri Lanka

Google started Womenwill as a global initiative to help make a difference in bridging gender gaps and empowering women worldwide, by focusing their resources,…

29 Mar 2018
UNP ready for drastic changes in Govt - Rajitha Uncategorized

UNP ready for drastic changes in Govt - Rajitha

If the SLFP Ministers of the Yahapalana Government propose to the other coalition partner UNP to effect drastic changes in the Government including the…

29 Mar 2018
Reviving education in North will take years: PM Uncategorized

Reviving education in North will take years: PM

It would take at least another ten years to revive the fallen education system in the North, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said today. Prime Minister…

29 Mar 2018
SLFP proposes ‘broader national’ govt. without Ranil as Premier Uncategorized

SLFP proposes ‘broader national’ govt. without Ranil as Premier

The SLFP yesterday proposed a broader coalition sans UNP leader and PM Wickremesinghe to implement President Maithripala Sirisena’s 2015 mandate. Addressing a…

28 Mar 2018