Sports goods worth 70 million damaged
Informed sources said that sports goods valued at Rs. 70 million, purchased by the Sports Development Department affiliated to the Ministry of Sports,...
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No decentralized budget for MPs for 8 months: JO
The Government had failed to release the decentralized budget funds to MPs for the past eight months, the Joint Opposition (JO) said today. JO MP Mah...
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Tharanga century sets up massive win for Colombo
Veteran opening batsman Upul Tharanga smashed a sensational century as Colombo defeated Galle by 90 runs in the first game of the SLC T20 at R. Premad...
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Welikada Prison protest leaves 11 injured
A tense situation at the Welikada Prison left three inmates and eight officials injured. According to prison sources, female inmates of the priso...
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JO seats to come under threat if they go independent- Manohara de Silva
In order to obtain the Opposition Leader’s post in Parliament, the Joint Opposition (JO) is planning to leave the United People’s Freedom Allian...
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Rs 32B allocated to Gamperaliya for 2018
The Government has allocated a sum of Rs 32 billion till the end of the year for the Gamperaliya programme, with Rs 200 million set aside per electora...
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Drivers who ignore level crossing signals to be fined
Drivers who ignore railway crossing signals would be soon fined Rs. 25,000, Minister of Transport, Nimal Siripala de Silva said on Sunday at Hikkaduwa...
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Gnanasara Thera spoke up for the country: Kotte Maha Sangha Sabha
In a letter to President Maitripala Sirisena with regard to the imprisonment of Bodu Bala Sena general secretary Ven. Galagodaathte Gnanasara Thera, t...
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FM evades RTI query on UK wartime dispatches from Colombo
Foreign Ministry has refrained from responding to a query whether it would brief the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) as regards wartime B...
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Former Indian PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee dead
Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who had been admitted to the AIIMS hospital in New Delhi for the past few weeks, died on Thursday. He was ...
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SLTB in the black for first time
The Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) which was incurring heavy losses for many years, had earned a profit of Rs. 1,618 million last year, for the ...
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NEW TRAFFIC FINES TO STAY
Transport and Civil Aviation Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva stated yesterday that the new fines aimed at reducing road accidents will not be changed...
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No sure of receiving Oppo. Leader post even after becoming independent - Mahinda
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‘Navy Sampath’ remanded until August 29
Lieutenant Commander Chandana Hettiarachchi also known as ‘Navy Sampath’, arrested for the abduction and disappearance of 11 youths from Colombo...
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Siyambalapitiya defends Power Purchase Agreements
Says PPAs with IPPs the cheapest available option Power Ministry Secy. requests President’s intervention to get regulator’s approval for...
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Dananjaya to unleash deadly carrom ball soon
The ‘carrom ball’ that proved to be the undoing of India’s famous batting line-up in the Asia Cup final in 2008 was the talk at RPS Sunday night...
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Houses for Ranaviru Real Star finalists
Thirty five members of the Security Forces who were selected to the final round of the Ranaviru Real Star-5th Mission received the ownership of ne...
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Female Welikada prisoners protest
Around 25 female inmates of the Welikada Prison had got onto the prison roof and staged a protest yesterday morning against a decision taken by th...
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War-affected women with disabilities cry for recognition
The LTTE cadres were at their doorstep that night, to recruit one member from the family to fight against the on-going military thrust that was progre...
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WHY TAXES ON SMALLER CARS WERE HIKED?
Mega rise in vehicle imports in first five months of 2018 Hard on the heels of the successful slamming of the brakes when tackling the sharp acc...
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COPE pulls up CEB over private purchases
Parliamentary corruption watchdog, the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) has reprimanded top officials of the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) for ...
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Mathews, Akila Dananjaya hand South Africa a drubbing
Sri Lanka 299 for 8 (Mathews 97*, Mulder 2-59) beat South Africa 121 (de Kock 54, Akila 6-29) by 178 runs A dominant all-round performance fro...
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Army to hand over another 922 acres in North and East to owners
The Sri Lanka Army (SLA) will release nearly 922 acres out of the remaining 2600 acres of Army-held land in the North and the East to the rightful own...
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