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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Maristella clocks historic world leading time
Bogoda tops Asian region In this file picture by Dimuthu Premaratne, Parami Wasanthi Maristella leads the 2,000 metres steeplechase at the recently he...
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Yen 100 b loan for Central Highway stage III
Cabinet this week gave approval to seek a Japanese loan of 100 billion yen to construct the third section of the Central High Way from Pothuhera to Ga...
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Govt. won’t delay PC polls: PM
The Government had no interest in delaying Provincial Council Elections, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told Parliament yesterday. The Prime Min...
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Mihin employees worked 9 months without wages: PCoI
One hundred employees, who were recruited to Mihin Lanka worked for nine months without salary, starting April 2008, retired Mihin Lanka employee Ingr...
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PM to take action after listening to Vijayakala
There was no need at all to revive the LTTE terrorist organisation, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told Parliament yesterday. He said action wou...
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New York Times concerned over threats to Journalists
EXPOSURE ON MR CAMPAIGN FUNDING in 2015: The New York Times releasing an official statement yesterday called on the Sri Lankan authorities to ensure...
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