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Local administration experiences bitterest period under current rule: Basil Uncategorized

Local administration experiences bitterest period under current rule: Basil

That itself is enough to unseat this government this time There is no competition from UNP President did unconstitutional things right after election to office…

23 Jan 2018
Debt level tops Rs. 9,387 billion: New law to manage borrowings Uncategorized

Debt level tops Rs. 9,387 billion: New law to manage borrowings

With the Government debt level in excess of Rs. 9,387 billion, a new Active Liability Management Law is to be enacted to make provision to raise loans, in and…

23 Jan 2018
ITI takes steps to mitigate any harm from Lakvijaya Uncategorized

ITI takes steps to mitigate any harm from Lakvijaya

Air tests to determine if employees, residents exposed to ash from coal power plant. The Industrial Technology Institute (ITI) this week started ambient air…

23 Jan 2018
Ravi to make special statement on Bond issue Uncategorized

Ravi to make special statement on Bond issue

UNP Assistant Leader and Colombo District Parliamentarian Ravi Karunanayake will make a special statement in Parliament regarding the Central Bank Bond issue…

23 Jan 2018
Thisara Perera's all-round brilliance keeps Sri Lanka alive Uncategorized

Thisara Perera's all-round brilliance keeps Sri Lanka alive

Sri Lanka 202 for 5 (Kusal Perera 49, Thisara 39*, Muzarabani 3-52) beat Zimbabwe 198 (Taylor 58, Thisara 4-33, Pradeep 3-28) by five wickets Thisara Perera…

22 Jan 2018
Hela Clothing ships one millionth garment from Ethiopia Uncategorized

Hela Clothing ships one millionth garment from Ethiopia

Sri Lanka’s Hela Clothing, recently produced and shipped their one millionth garment from their factory in Ethiopia. A feat made more impressive considering…

22 Jan 2018
Counting in LGBT Uncategorized

Counting in LGBT

News report says only 7,500 as gay; but it could be as high as 5% of the population. Recently there has been a spate of speculation as to exactly how many…

22 Jan 2018
JVP READY TO BECOME THE RULING PARTY - ANURA KUMARA DISSANAYAKE Uncategorized

JVP READY TO BECOME THE RULING PARTY - ANURA KUMARA DISSANAYAKE

The real challenge for the JVP is to appear as a political party able to rule the country moving away from its rebellious past, said, the Leader of the Janatha…

21 Jan 2018
Woman FIDE Master Suneetha Wijesuriya queen of the night Uncategorized

Woman FIDE Master Suneetha Wijesuriya queen of the night

SLT SILK Sports Awards 2017 At the SLT SILK Sports Awards 2017, Woman FIDE Master Suneetha Wijesuriya was awarded the SLT SILK for Outstanding Dedication &…

21 Jan 2018
No consent yet to Singapore FTA; professional groups say Uncategorized

No consent yet to Singapore FTA; professional groups say

Professional groups in Sri Lanka, engaged as key stakeholders in discussions with the Government on proposed Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with India, China and…

21 Jan 2018
Sri Lanka, China to co-build dendro power plant Uncategorized

Sri Lanka, China to co-build dendro power plant

Sri Lanka and China on Friday signed a joint venture agreement to construct Sri Lanka's largest dendro power plant in Moneragala in the country's south. The…

19 Jan 2018
CEB employees to get arrears Uncategorized

CEB employees to get arrears

The government is to provide the best solution to the salary anomaly issue of the Ceylon Electricity Board employees and pay the arrears at the first possible…

19 Jan 2018
Pakistan seal quarter-final berth, Sri Lanka knocked out Uncategorized

Pakistan seal quarter-final berth, Sri Lanka knocked out

Pakistan 190 for 7 (Zaryab 59, Rashmika 3-47) beat Sri Lanka 188 (Daniel 53, Shafqat 3-29, Afridi 2-41) by three wickets   A slim and slightly tense chase…

19 Jan 2018
‘One belt, one road, green light for FDI’ Uncategorized

‘One belt, one road, green light for FDI’

Forbes listed young billionaire of mainland China, Cai Xiaoru, gave thumbs up for Sri Lanka and said that Sri Lanka remains a good destination for investment.…

17 Jan 2018
Govt says committed to reform Muslim marriage law Uncategorized

Govt says committed to reform Muslim marriage law

The Government of Sri Lanka says that it remains committed to reform the minimum age of marriage for girls under the Muslim law, with the active participation…

17 Jan 2018
Sri Lanka worst in Moody’s Asia Pacific ratings Uncategorized

Sri Lanka worst in Moody’s Asia Pacific ratings

Global credit rating giant Moody's Investors Service says that of the 24 sovereigns that they rate in Asia Pacific, only Sri Lanka has a negative outlook as of…

16 Jan 2018
Pothas refuses to travel to Bangladesh Uncategorized

Pothas refuses to travel to Bangladesh

Nic Pothas who was Sri Lanka’s interim head coach after Graham Ford stepped down in June has refused to travel to Bangladesh with the national team after Sri…

14 Jan 2018
Three new flyovers Uncategorized

Three new flyovers

The Government plans to construct three more flyovers at Kirulapone and Kohuwala in the Colombo District and at the Yangalmodara Railway crossing on.......the…

14 Jan 2018
Mathews confident of putting things back on track Uncategorized

Mathews confident of putting things back on track

Having taken over the reins of Sri Lanka’s ODI and T-20 team again, captain Angelo Mathews was confident of a good showing during the tour of Bangladesh. The…

13 Jan 2018
Maggi noodles receives SLS certification Uncategorized

Maggi noodles receives SLS certification

Nestle's Maggi noddle range was recognised for their high quality standards by SLSI (Sri Lanka Standards Institution) at a a recent awards ceremony. Maggi's…

13 Jan 2018
‘X30 Asia Cup 2018’ First international Kart race this weekend Uncategorized

‘X30 Asia Cup 2018’ First international Kart race this weekend

Sri Lanka's first ever international Kart race 'X30 Asia Cup' will flag off at the Sri Lanka Karting Circuit (SLKC), Bandaragama on 13th and 14th January 2018,…

13 Jan 2018
Highway network of Colombo to begin soon: PM Uncategorized

Highway network of Colombo to begin soon: PM

Construction work on a highway network designed to ease the traffic congestion in the Colombo City will begin soon, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said…

12 Jan 2018
MUSEUMS: TIMES STAND STILL. Uncategorized

MUSEUMS: TIMES STAND STILL.

The heritage of Sri Lanka stretches over many millennia with huge collections of artefacts dating back to the Pre-historic period (Stone Age). According to…

12 Jan 2018
Port City reclamation to be completed by 1Q - 2019 Uncategorized

Port City reclamation to be completed by 1Q - 2019

Close to 63 percent of the 269 hectares of land that would constitute the Port City Colombo, currently under construction has already been reclaimed from the…

12 Jan 2018