Sri Lanka kick off Women’s Asia Cup with rout of Bangladesh

2018-06-04   |   Uncategorized

KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday: Sri Lanka kicked off their Women's Asia Cup campaign in style, knocking Bangladesh over for 63 and then chasing down the target ...

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Release names of 118: CaFFE writes to Aloysius, Palisena

2018-06-04   |   Uncategorized

Campaign for Free and Fair Elections (CaFFE) and Centre for Human Rights and Research Sri Lanka (CHR) Executive Director Keerthi Tennakoon has sent a ...

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Matara - Colombo Expressway fares to be reduced to Rs 460 from July 1

2018-06-04   |   Uncategorized

Commuters will benefit while the NTC will lose millions from July 1, 2018 when super luxury buses plying between Matara and Colombo on the southern ex...

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SLFP resolves to ask PM to quit

2018-06-03   |   Uncategorized

The SLFP parliamentary group, at a meeting with President Maithripala Sirisena, last night, at his official residence in Colombo 07, unanimously resol...

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Ministries barred from purchasing new vehicles

2018-06-03   |   Uncategorized

Government ministers have been directed not to purchase new vehicles to Ministries or for their official use as the Treasury has to handle new expendi...

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Field Marshal receives Rs 100,000 from Aloysius

2018-05-31   |   Uncategorized

Minister Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka yesterday said that he, too, received about Rs100,000 from tainted businessman Arjun Aloysius at the last parlia...

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Death toll due to Pneumonia rises to twelve

2018-05-30   |   Uncategorized

Five patients who sought treatment for Pneumonia at the Matara General Hospital during the last few days, have died, the inquirer into sudden deaths T...

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Aloysius never offered us money: Hadunnetti

2018-05-30   |   Uncategorized

JVP MP Sunil Hadunnetti said Perpetual Treasuries Ltd., owner Arjun Aloysius had never offered any money to Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) MPs and po...

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Dayasiri no balls Malinga!

2018-05-29   |   Uncategorized

Former Minister of Sports Dayasiri Jayasekara yesterday (28) said that Sri Lanka’s fast bowler and Former Twenty-20 Skipper Lasith Malinga could hav...

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India develops Most Ven. Maduluwave Sobitha Thero Village in Anuradhapura

2018-05-29   |   Uncategorized

At a special ceremony held on 27 May, the foundation stone was laid to start the construction work for development of Most Ven Maduluwave Sobitha Ther...

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VAT TO BE REDUCED BY 2.5% IN 2020

2018-05-28   |   Uncategorized

Even after 70 years of independence, Sri Lanka could not achieve peace as our people were still quarreling on the basis of race, religion and party po...

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UPDATE 1-Sri Lanka accepts $1 bln, 8-yr syndicated loan from China Dev Bank

2018-05-28   |   Uncategorized

COLOMBO, May 25 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka has accepted an eight-year China Development Bank $1 billion syndicated loan to repay loans maturing this year, ...

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13 dead, 125,954 affected

2018-05-25   |   Uncategorized

The death toll due to floods and landslides has risen to 13 by last evening, while 32,136 families have been displaced, Director General, Disaster Man...

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SLC tie up with new Casual Clothing Partner

2018-05-24   |   Uncategorized

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has joined hands with LiCC (Long Island Clothing Company) as the organization’s Official Casual Clothing Partner. With this...

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China strongly committed to helping Sri Lanka become prosperous: Envoy

2018-05-24   |   Uncategorized

China yesterday expressed stronger commitment to help Sri Lanka realize its goal to become a prosperous country, allaying fears over growing engagemen...

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Pushparaj wins silver at Austrian International Championship

2018-05-23   |   Uncategorized

Sri Lankan bodybuilding champion Lucion Pushparaj won a silver medal at the Austrian International Bodybuilding Championship held in Vienna, Austria, ...

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Lankans ready for West Indies pace challenge

2018-05-23   |   Uncategorized

Skipper Chandimal confident of winning if team plays to potential The challenge for Sri Lanka is to win their maiden Test series in the Caribbean....

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Milestone marks from Mangala

2018-05-23   |   Uncategorized

After completing year as Finance Minister insists sound macroeconomic fundamentals exist for stronger growth  Higher tax revenue, investments,...

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Govt.’s net borrowings equal to foreign reserves: Cabraal

2018-05-22   |   Uncategorized

Former Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal yesterday charged that the net borrowings by the present government almost equal the country’s cur...

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Lord Naseby meets Sri Lankan Diaspora at House of Lords

2018-05-22   |   Uncategorized

One of the 1st events representing Sri Lankan Diaspora at the House of Lords Last week, the UK Parliament paid tribute to the Sri Lankan community liv...

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SLNS Sagara returns home on completion of successful naval exercise

2018-05-19   |   Uncategorized

Sri Lanka Naval Ship Sagara which left the island for Indonesia on last 24th April to attend Komodo-2018 Naval exercise and International Fleet Review...

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Necessary information provided to Interpol for Udayanga’s extradition.

2018-05-19   |   Uncategorized

Sri Lanka has presented a strong case to Interpol as regards its efforts to have former Sri Lanka Ambassador to Russia and Ukraine extradited in conne...

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2018-05-18   |   Uncategorized

The total PAYE tax burden put on the consumers by the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB), is Rs 3.4 billion, Executive Director of the Centre for Human Ri...

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Sri Lankan Johann Peries close to reaching summit of Mount Everest

2018-05-18   |   Uncategorized

Johann Peries, Sri Lanka’s famed mountain climber and adventurer, is set to make his ascent to the peak of Mount Everest in a few days. If the weath...

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Lord Buddha’s Holy Relics returned back to Pakistan

2018-05-18   |   Uncategorized

The most sacred relics of Lord Buddha from Taxila were taken back to Pakistan today after conclusion of a three-week long exposition at various loca...

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