Month: May 2018

Field Marshal receives Rs 100,000 from Aloysius

Minister Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka yesterday said that he, too, received about Rs100,000 from tainted businessman Arjun Aloysius at the…

6 years ago

Striking Rail Unions say no sabotage

GM cries foul, calls for CID probe: The Railway Department had lodged a complaint with the Criminal Investigations Department (CID)…

6 years ago

Sobitha Thera didn’t ask common candidate to break banks

President Maithripala Sirisena said today the late Ven. Maduluwawe Sobitha Thera, who came forward to set up a Government through…

6 years ago

Fuel price revision on July 5- DST

The Government will not  slash fuel prices despite the  current  slump  in international  fuel prices and will  wait  till July…

6 years ago

Lankan banks sit on Rs.19bn capital hole as sector braces for BASEL III

The Sri Lankan banks satisfy many of the key matrices such as growth, profits, efficiency and asset quality against most…

6 years ago

Civil activists claim more that 118 benefited from the bond scam

Civil Organizations call on authorities to expose the beneficiaries of the bond scam. According to the Executive Director of the…

6 years ago

“Match-fixing to come under Bribery Act” – Sarath Jayamanne

Sarath Jayamanne, the Director General of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) speaking to news 1st stated…

6 years ago

Al Jazeera defends cricket match-fixing film after ICC criticism

Al Jazeera has hit back at criticism from world cricket's governing body, the ICC, for not sharing evidence of match-fixing…

6 years ago

“I have no idea who came up with the 100 day program” – President

https://youtu.be/rV91RTR0TAQ?t=10 The event to mark the 76th birth anniversary of the late Most Venerable Maduluwawe Sobitha Thero took place in…

6 years ago

Port of Colombo clocks 2nd highest growth rate in the world

The Port of Colombo recorded a 16.2% growth in container handling for the 1st quarter of 2018 over the same…

6 years ago