Field Marshal receives Rs 100,000 from Aloysius
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
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
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!
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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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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
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
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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Tim McCaskil imparts knowledge on reducing injuries to Sri Lankans
Not many had heard about Tim McCaskil when Sri Lanka's Head Coach Chandika Haturusingha put in a paper to Sri Lanka Cricket asking the board to hire t...
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JO ready to accept group of 16, no special status
The Joint Opposition (JO)/Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) expect 16 SLFP members of parliament who crossed over to the Opposition on May 8 to join ...
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Iran agrees to build refinery for Lanka
Iran has agreed to build a new oil refinery for Sri Lanka in addition to upgrading its ageing 50,000 barrel per day (bpd) state-owned refinery, Sri La...
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