Permit renewed overlooking tax dues in arrears!
A renewed annual production permit is said to have been issued to a distillery owned by a big entrepreneur with close ties to a powerful politico, des...
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UN Chief condemns attack on Sri Lankan troops in Mali
The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, strongly condemned the attack which led to the deaths of two ‘blue helmets’ from Sri Lanka and injure...
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Aussies enjoy upper hand after bowling Sri Lanka out for 144
A reshuffle of personnel and a change of opponent brought a much-sought shift in performance for Australia who ended the opening day of their Test cam...
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Coming down to brass tacks!
A young Green high-up and a Blue party stalwart had met each other at a celebration recently. They had taken advantage of this chance meeting ...
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Rohitha weds Tatyana
Former President and Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa’s youngest son Rohitha tied the nuptial knot with Tatyana Livera yesterday amidst a disting...
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Heavy fines on drivers causing fatal accidents
Fines imposed on errant drivers who cause fatal road accidents would rise appreciably in order to dissuade motorists from driving recklessly, Transpor...
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Sri Lanka Hoping For a 'Miracle' in Australia: Chandimal
Sri Lanka have closely studied the way India defeated Australia in their recent Test series, but captain Dinesh Chandimal said on Wednesday his side w...
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Gagged for talking out of turn!
‘The Buddha Statue’ statement made by the new governing one for the North soon after assuming duties had stirred a hornets’ nest among the Pohot...
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It was a slip between the lip and the cup!
A rumour doing rounds in political circles says that a prominent politico had been denied a high office at the provincial level he was about to get wh...
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New entity to handle Port City land sales
A new procurement and regulatory entity is to be established within next three to six months to conduct land sales, handle regulation and development ...
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SriLankan says A330-200 idling at BIA lacks suitable cabin configuration for their use
Says aircraft was acquired by previous mgt. in 2017 linked to the settlement against the cancellation of the 4 new Airbus A350-900 aircraft order ...
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Ratwatte's CR future hangs in balance
CR and FC have sensationally dropped their highest point scorer of the Dialog Inter-Club League Rugby Tournament, Tarinda Ratwatte from the squad prep...
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Forewarned about the advent of a Romeo!
Young female public employees of a certain province have received a general warning about a well- known Casanova recently appointed to a very high pos...
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Hazlewood ruled out of Sri Lanka Tests
Australia have suffered a major blow ahead of their Domain Test series against Sri Lanka, with key fast bowler and vice-captain Josh Hazlewood ruled o...
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Winning hearts and minds at public expense!
A provincial chief has made it a practice to host the entire staff to a tea party every Wednesday at public expense. Over 10 varieties of snac...
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‘Upstart’ gets the cold shoulder!
Many Blue party members have begun accusing their new Secretary of being full of airs and graces. Meanwhile, the party’s old-timers have already s...
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Playing Jekyll and Hyde
This fair one who once held a high position in the country’s business sector is currently in the thick of politics. She is said to be maintaining cl...
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Govt repays loan of USD one billion: Harsha
Economic Reforms and Public Distribution Minister Harsha de Silva said today the government had settled the one billion US dollars borrowed by the pre...
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All candidates given green light to contest
Four prominent figures in cricketing circles - Mohan de Silva, Kangadaran Mathivanan, Shammi Silva and Jayantha Dharmadasa - were given the green ligh...
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Final chance for Malinga's SL to break New-Zealand tour rut
Five matches, four losses, one draw thus far, and so we come to the final game of Sri Lanka's tour of New Zealand. Can they finally get a win? Not on...
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‘Are you with me or not?’
He is a heavyweight of the Blue party. Though high in status he is comparatively young. A onetime high office holder of the party, this worthy has now...
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Prez to request Speaker to expedite process
President Maithripala Sirisena will inform Speaker Karu Jayasuriya this week of the need to expedite the process to pass the proposed amendments to th...
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Ill-treated acolyte to turn tables on him!
This businessman from the neighbouring country came here eyeing a big Ministry contract. As per the prior arrangement, he met a political authority f...
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