CPC loses Rs. 5.4 b from kerosene sales
The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) incurred a loss of Rs. 5.4 billion from the sale of kerosene oil in 2017, the Government told Parliament yester...
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Feeding alcohol to toddler: Father says it was water in the bottle
The father of the baby, who was seen in a social media video, feeding it with a beer bottle, told court yesterday that it was water that was in the bo...
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No downsizing of Army - PM
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday (18), told Parliament that Army Commander Lieutenant General, Mahesh Senanayake was willing to meet Oppo...
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US still can move resolutions though not being member of UNHRC - Spokesperson
Sri Lanka accountability issues: In spite of quitting the Geneva-based United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), the US, as an Observer still can c...
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Glyphosate ban revocation comes under fire
The Joint Opposition (JO) and Parliamentarian Ven. Athuraliye Rathana Thera yesterday (17), demanded that the Government reveal its true stance on the...
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FUEL PRICING FORMULAE, A VITAL COG IN THE WHEEL - ECONOMISTS
Experts say keeping price of fuel below the global market determined level is an implicit subsidy that is reflected in CEYPETCO losses and has to be f...
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CC: JO wants Dinesh to replace Sampanthan
Having secured the support of a section of the SLFP parliamentary group loyal to President Maithripala Sirisena, the Joint Opposition intends to step ...
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Inconsistencies on ICC’s part — Lankan trio begs for least possible punishment
Sri Lanka cricket captain Dinesh Chandimal, coach Chandika Hathurusingha and manager Asanka Gurusinha have blamed match officials of misleading them d...
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Army moves to relocate troops into Jaffna Fort meets stiff resistance
The historic Dutch Fort of Jaffna, recently restored at a cost of Rs 104 million is emerging as a bone of contention, with the military trying to relo...
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FSP Leader asks why the JVP has gone silent on govt rogues it helped to bring to power
Frontline Socialist Party Leader Kumar Gunaratnam told a meeting in Kandy on Saturday (14) that the Sri Lanka-Singapore Agreement was a danger to the ...
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Prisons Dept. to enlist 2 new hangmen
The Prisons Department will call for applications to recruit two hangmen next week to carry out death sentences, Prisons Spokesman Commissioner Thusha...
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MPs can sell their duty free vehicles
CIABOC determination: The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has cleared the way for lawmakers to sell super luxu...
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Mihin liquidator ordered to submit documents by July 25: PCoI on SriLankan
Chairman of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCol) on irregularities at SriLankan Airlines, SriLankan Catering and Mihin Lanka, former Supreme ...
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New traffic fines from Sunday, 10 more offences included
The number traffic offences that deserve fines has been increased from July 15 which includes ten new offences, the Director of Traffic Administration...
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65-pct of Sri Lanka state workers do not have A-Levels
Less than seven percent of Sri Lanka's 1.1 million public sector workforce have university degrees in commerce, management or science related areas, w...
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USD 585 mn for SL parties from US: JO demands probe
Presidential election 2015: Anuradhapura District UPFA MP Shehan Semasinghe says a comprehensive inquiry is needed to ascertain US funding made availa...
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“Vehicle and motorcycle owners would have the capacity of bearing taxes”
– Inland Revenue Dept.- Commissioner of the Inland Revenue Department Ivan Dissanayake has stated that vehicle and motorcycle owners would have the...
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Rs. 600 million from Rotary to Sri Lanka focus on 2018/19
There has been a donor funding of $ 3.9 million dollars or Rs. 600 million, given by Rotary Foundation to Sri Lanka in the last five years, said the n...
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Can the SLFP be thrown out?
Sampanthan - Tamil National Alliance (TNA) leader R. Sampanthan asked in Parliament as to how the new political party Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SL...
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Mendis issues 2,487 cheques for Rs. 1.134 mn in eight months
A team of experts who probed the accounts of WM Mendis Company, owned by the Perpetual Treasuries Pvt. Ltd, has found that it has issued 2,487 cheques...
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Heroin worth Rs.1,248 mn seized
PNB detects over 103 kilos One of the largest drug busts ever Two suspects arrested, jeep, equipment seized The Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB...
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PM denies some of NYT allegations
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, yesterday, in Parliament repudiated the recent claims made by The New York Times that the incumbent government ha...
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