No sure of receiving Oppo. Leader post even after becoming independent - Mahinda

2018-08-16   |   Uncategorized

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‘Navy Sampath’ remanded until August 29

2018-08-16   |   Uncategorized

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

2018-08-15   |   Uncategorized

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

2018-08-14   |   Uncategorized

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

2018-08-14   |   Uncategorized

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

2018-08-14   |   Uncategorized

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

2018-08-14   |   Uncategorized

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?

2018-08-13   |   Uncategorized

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

2018-08-13   |   Uncategorized

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

2018-08-13   |   Uncategorized

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

2018-08-13   |   Uncategorized

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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Lanka included in US$ 700 B defence Bill

2018-08-13   |   Uncategorized

US President Donald Trump is set to sign a more than US$ 700 billion Defence Bill for the fiscal year 2019 today, giving big increases to the US milit...

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Past administrators fear ICC will suspend SLC

2018-08-10   |   Uncategorized

Former administrators of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) fears that the country will definitely be suspended by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for it...

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Govt allocates Rs 1 bn for tea replanting

2018-08-10   |   Uncategorized

The Government will offer a Rs. 1 billion tea replanting subsidy this year to increase the area under tea cultivation. The area under tea cultivation...

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Rs 205 million allocated for compensation of Kandy riots victims

2018-08-09   |   Uncategorized

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe informed Parliament yesterday that Rs. 205 million has been allocated as compensation for victims of the communal ...

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SLMA backs move to change composition of SLMC

2018-08-09   |   Uncategorized

Reviewing of Medical Ordinance: The Association of Medical Specialists (AMS) has turned down a request from the Government Medical Officers’ Associa...

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Duties on small cars to be revised soon: PM

2018-08-09   |   Uncategorized

The government intended to revise the import duties imposed on small cars and hybrid vehicles in the near future, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe ...

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Decision on Opp. leader this week

2018-08-08   |   Uncategorized

Speaker to announce determination before Friday  P’ment heats up over JO demand to make Dinesh new Opposition leader  Dinesh slams UPFA Gen...

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Old American warship, relocation of camps, etc. to cost Rs. 27 bn more

2018-08-08   |   Uncategorized

The government yesterday submitted a supplementary estimate of more than 27 billion rupees for the approval of parliament to cover its expenses exceed...

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Last ten overs took the game away from Sri Lanka, reckons Samaraweera

2018-08-06   |   Uncategorized

Hosts Sri Lanka tried to find a different route in order to reverse their fortunes in the ongoing five-match ODI series against South Africa as they o...

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De La Rue injects further Rs 2B in FDI

2018-08-06   |   Uncategorized

De La Rue, the leading global identity and currency printing business first entered into a Joint Venture (JV) with the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) ...

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Hilton Colombo leagues ahead of others

2018-08-06   |   Uncategorized

2017 revenue crosses Rs. 3 b mark, gross profit up 23%  Chairman optimistic recent measures by Govt. to put the national economy back on gro...

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Vijayakala blames South and politicians

2018-08-06   |   Uncategorized

Government Parliamentarian Vijayakala Maheswaran on Friday charged that the South was responsible for supplying drugs to the North and that the menace...

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Marapana leads Lankan delegation at 25th ASEAN Regional Forum

2018-08-06   |   Uncategorized

Foreign Affairs Minister Tilak Marapana led the Sri Lanka delegation at the 25th ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Ministerial Meeting held on 4 August in Si...

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COPE to grill key govt officials on shady power purchases

2018-08-06   |   Uncategorized

Sri Lanka had incurred heavy losses amounting to billions of rupees due to irregularities in purchasing power from private producers and the high pric...

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