US overtakes China with most cases
The US now has more confirmed cases of coronavirus than any other country, with more than 85,500 positive tests. According to the latest figures colla...
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Dinesh hasn’t contracted COVID-19: Foreign Ministry clarifies
Dismissing social media reports that Foreign Relations Minister Dinesh Gunawardana has contracted COVID-19 through a ministry official, the ministry s...
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Wedding witness late by one hour!
Two prominent politicos of the same political party had been invited to sign as witnesses at a wedding held on a grand scale in a high-end hotel in Ka...
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Human hand – Blazer of Human Civilization
We have already discussed the main lines and the secondary lines in the hand in some detail. There are signs in the hand which are no less important t...
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Gota, seven others released from Avant Garde case
The Magistrate's Court today discharged the eight accused including Gotabaya Rajapaksa from the Avant Garde floating armoury case filed by the Bribery...
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Russia and China to show united front at showcase economic forum
ussian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Slovak Prime Minister Peter Pelle...
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Magistrate rejects objections, Johnston’s bribery trial on Aug.9
Colombo Chief Magistrate Lanka Jayarathne yesterday rejected preliminary objections raised by former Minister Johnston Fernando and two others in five...
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Navy nabs 41 illegal immigrants
Forty-one Sri Lankans arrested in the deep seas off the Southern Coast while illegally migrating to Australia were handed over to the Galle Port Polic...
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A rare case of extravagance!
A nephew of a high political authority has reportedly bought an expensive wristwatch for Rs. 8 million. This person had bought the costly wris...
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Ramanayake’s evidence lacks accuracy - Probe Committee
The UNP’s four-member committee, appointed to probe the claims made by State Minister Ranjan Ramanayake, about Parliamentarians who allegedly use co...
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Constitutional Council a corrupt and biased institution: Wijeyadasa
Former Minister and MP Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe said yesterday the Constitutional Council was one of the most corrupt institutions in the country and str...
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Threatening Eknaligoda: Gnanasara Thera’s sentence suspended
The six-month rigorous imprisonment imposed on Ven. Galagodaatte Gnanasara Thera for threatening Sandya Eknaligoda, was suspended for five years by th...
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Navy escapes with a last minute penalty
Out-of-form Navy Sports Club brushed off a late scare as they claimed a thrilling 18-17 win over Air Force Sports Club in their Dialog Inter-Club Leag...
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A farce to be enacted to conform to a legal requirement!
he national unity government move has taken centre-stage again. The motive behind this move is to accommodate more ambitious ones in the top team. In ...
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Death sentence within next two months: Prez
President Maithripala Sirisena today said that the death sentence would be carried out within the next two months on those convicted for drug offences...
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An unusual case of having the cake and eating it too!
There is a city mayor who has rented out his vehicle for a monthly payment of Rs. 160,000, but he continues to use it himself. A paradox? But we are a...
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Bloomberg quotes Mahendran on Deutsche Bank alleged money laundering case
Former Central Bank of Sri Lanka Governor Arjuna Mahendran had reportedly offered his opinion to Bloomberg, in reference to a proposed investment by...
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Twelve Navy personnel injured in clash with illegal sand miners
Twelve Sri Lanka Navy personnel were injured following a clash between illegal sand miners in Kandakadu, Kinniya and the Navy. According to Navy spok...
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SLC employee sent on compulsory leave on corruption charges
Former Sri Lanka National Cricket team analyst Sanath Jayasundara, who was employed at the SLC Brain Center, has been sent on compulsory leave by the ...
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Gota case: 18 witnesses banned from travelling abroad
Acceding to a prosecution request in the case filed against former defense secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the Special High Court today directed the Cou...
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UPFA decries TNA statements on draft constitution ...admits possibility of split in the grouping
The SLFP/UPFA yesterday ruled out its support for draft constitution that was to be presented to parliament before Independence Day, Feb 04. ...
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PM violated Constitution by nominating 35 for Cabinet: JVP
JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake said yesterday that Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was looking for loopholes in the Constitution to increase ...
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Latham ton puts New Zealand in charge of first Sri Lanka Test
New Zealand’s Tom Latham plays a shot during day two of the first Test cricket match between New Zealand and Sri Lanka at the Basin Reserve in Welli...
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