Beauty care at public expense!

2020-05-21   |   Uncategorized

Believe it or not! There is a lady in our Foreign Service with an unusual penchant for a well-groomed look and regularly takes beauty care treatment a...

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European countries rally around WHO as Trump threatens agency

2020-05-21   |   Uncategorized

The World Health Organisation (WHO) must be strengthened in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, European politicians leaders said on Tuesday after U...

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Mahinda Samarasinghe removed from SLFP

2020-05-20   |   Uncategorized

Former SLFP MP Mahinda Samarasinghe has been removed from the membership of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), SLFP General Secretary Dayasiri Jayase...

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Cartoon of the day

2020-05-20   |   Uncategorized

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China warns US of ‘all necessary measures’ over Huawei rules

2020-05-20   |   Uncategorized

China’s commerce ministry says it will take “all necessary measures” in response to new U.S. restrictions on Chinese tech giant Huawei’s abili...

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Cartoon of the day

2020-05-19   |   Uncategorized

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Geopolitics cast shadow over WHO Covid-19 conference

2020-05-19   |   Uncategorized

Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.  The coronavirus pandemic was supposed to be the only issue o...

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LIOC increases petrol (92 Octane) from midnight

2020-05-18   |   Uncategorized

The Lanka-IOC (LIOC) has increased the 92 Octane petrol price with effect from midnight today.  Accordingly, the price of petrol (92 Octane) has ...

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Rethink plans to return unless in compelling circumstances: Foreign Secretary to overseas Sri Lankans

2020-05-18   |   Uncategorized

Foreign Secretary Ravinatha Aryasinha requested the overseas Sri Lankans to rethink their plans to return to Sri Lanka unless in compelling circumstan...

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Cartoon of the day

2020-05-18   |   Uncategorized

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Curfew in Colombo, Gampha to continue; island-wide curfew on Sunday

2020-05-14   |   Uncategorized

The curfew in the Colombo and the Gampaha districts would continue until further notice while curfew in other districts would continue from 8 p.m. to ...

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Cartoon of the day

2020-05-14   |   Uncategorized

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Trump lashes out at Dr. Fauci for voicing caution about reopening schools

2020-05-14   |   Uncategorized

President Trump said he wanted American schools to be reopened because ‘our country isn’t reopened if they’re closed.’    He told re...

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Cartoon of the day

2020-05-14   |   Uncategorized

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India launches jets as Chinese choppers spotted near Ladakh

2020-05-14   |   Uncategorized

A man walks inside a conference room used for meetings between military commanders of China and India, at the Indian side of the Indo-China border at ...

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Iranian navy ship ’sunk by friendly fire

2020-05-12   |   Uncategorized

An Iranian navy "friendly fire" incident in which a ship was sunk has killed dozens of sailors, unofficial reports say. Local journalists said the fri...

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Cartoon of the day

2020-05-12   |   Uncategorized

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Nineteen dead 15 injured, Iranian warship fires on own vessel

2020-05-12   |   Uncategorized

The Iranian Jamaran frigate (front, centre) is pictured during a training exercise alongside Chinese and Russian forces (DM) An Iranian warship has ac...

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Nepal summons Indian envoy, protests opening road to Lipulekh

2020-05-12   |   Uncategorized

Border Roads Organisation has connected Kailash Mansarovar route to Lipulekh pass, on Friday (HT).      New Delhi, (Hindustan Times),&n...

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Curfew in Colombo, Gampaha to continue; Kalutara, Puttalam to be relaxed

2020-05-11   |   Uncategorized

Curfew in Colombo and Gampaha districts would continue until further notice while curfew in all other districts including Kalutara, Puttalam would be ...

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178 Lankans brought to the country from Malaysia

2020-05-11   |   Uncategorized

A total of 178 Sri Lankans who were stranded in Malaysia had reached the Katunayake International Airport this evening, Airport Duty Manager said. He ...

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Not interested in being promoted for ICC big post: Sanga

2020-05-11   |   Uncategorized

Commenting on reports which said the SLC to promote Kumar Sangakkara for the ICC big post, Sangakkara said today that he is not keen or interested in ...

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Cartoon of the day

2020-05-11   |   Uncategorized

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CSE to resume trading today; foreigners look to sell

2020-05-11   |   Uncategorized

By Nishel Fernando The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) is scheduled to resume trading today as the market braces for heavy foreign selling despite a...

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Tea sales average hits all-time high in April 2020

2020-05-11   |   Uncategorized

The Ceylon Tea cuppa for the month of April recorded an impressive sales average reaching the highest ever gain, a development that is much welcome fo...

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