LNP - Two dead, one injured as bowser plunges into 30-foot precipice

2025-03-27   |   Crime

Two persons have been killed and another injured after a bowser carrying rubber latex plunged into a 30-foot precipice on the Baduraliya-Kalawana road...

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LNP - Sri Lanka will take two more years to reach GDP similar to 2018’ – CBSL Governor

2025-03-27   |   Uncategorized

The Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe says it will take at least two years for Sri Lanka to reach a real GDP value si...

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LNP - India surpasses Sri Lanka to become world’s second largest tea exporter – report

2025-03-27   |   Crime

According to data released by the Tea Board of India, India has exported 254 million kg of tea in 2024, thus becoming the second-highest exporter in t...

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LNP - Trump announces 25% tariffs on car imports to US

2025-03-27   |   Business

BBC - US President Donald Trump has announced new import taxes of 25% on cars and car parts coming into the US in a move that threatens to widen ...

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LNP - Govt. plans to develop Nuwara Eliya post office as tourist attraction

2025-03-26   |   Crime

The government plans to develop the Nuwara Eliya Post Office as a tourist attraction while continuing to offer postal services, Cabinet Spokesman Mini...

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LNP - Starlink internet to launch in Sri Lanka this April

2025-03-26   |   Technology

Elon Musk's Starlink satellite internet services will be available in Sri Lanka starting in April, as stated by the Director General of the Telecommun...

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LNP - SriLankan Airlines’ ownership should remain local, despite growing foreign interest: CEO

2025-03-26   |   Technology

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of SriLankan Airlines Richard Nuttall states that as Sri Lanka’s economy recovers and tourism returns, SriLankan A...

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LNP - New gazette sets maximum retail price for medicines

2025-03-26   |   Crime

An Extraordinary Gazette Notification has been issued to implement a maximum retail price mechanism for medicines. The notification was issued by the ...

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LNP - Buddhist monk found brutally murdered in Eppawala

2025-03-26   |   Crime

A 69-year-old Buddhist monk has been found brutally murdered at a monastery in Kiralogama, within the Eppawala Police Division. According to police, a...

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LNP - Central Bank keeps policy rate unchanged amid economic recovery

2025-03-26   |   Politics

The Monetary Policy Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has decided to maintain the Overnight Policy Rate (OPR) at 8.00%, citing confidence ...

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LNP - NPP hands over motion to remove Deshabandu Tennakoon

2025-03-25   |   Uncategorized

The National People’s Power (NPP) has handed over a motion to the Speaker seeking the removal of suspended IGP Deshabandu Tennakoon. A group of NPP ...

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LNP - Sri Lanka’s first cable car project to launch by year-end

2025-03-25   |   Development

Cable car projects that operate more than a kilometre between two mountains without any support are rare in the world. The Sri Lankan people will have...

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LNP - No tax revisions on vehicle imports this year - Hulangamuwa

2025-03-25   |   Business

Senior Economic Advisor to the President, Duminda Hulangamuwa, confirmed that there will be no revision of taxes on vehicle imports this year.  A...

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LNP - Govt to reduce tariffs paid for rooftop solar power

2025-03-25   |   Technology

The government has decided to revise the tariff paid per unit of electricity generated by rooftop solar panels, with the proposed rates set to vary ba...

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LNP - Rising bets for Central Bank to stay pat on current rates at upcoming policy meeting

2025-03-25   |   Politics

The Central Bank is set to keep the rates when it meets for the second time for this year, this week, to decide on the key policy rate, after it left ...

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LNP - MPs exhibit their sports skills

2025-03-25   |   Uncategorized

MPs in both government and the opposition exhibited their sporting skills at an indoor sports programme held in the Parliamentary complex for the fift...

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LNP - UK sanctions Shavendra Silva, Wasantha Karannagoda, Jagath Jayasuriya and Karuna Amman

2025-03-25   |   Sports

The UK government has imposed sanctions on four individuals which it claims are responsible for serious human rights abuses and violations during the ...

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LNP - Be cautious with unknown investments, warns Central Bank Governor

2025-03-24   |   Business

A lack of financial literacy is the primary reason many Sri Lankans fall victim to pyramid schemes, says the Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka...

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LNP - Tea exports dip in February

2025-03-24   |   Business

Sri Lanka’s tea exports fell in February, with volumes down 1.91 million kilograms year-on-year (YoY) to 20.40 million kilograms, industry data show...

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LNP - Traffic fine payments soon to go digital with ‘Govpay’

2025-03-24   |   Technology

The public will very soon be able to settle traffic fines through Govpay, the recently introduced official online payment platform for government-rela...

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LNP - Suspects identified in nightclub brawl involving group accompanying Yoshitha

2025-03-24   |   Crime

Police have identified the suspects linked to a violent altercation involving a group accompanying Yoshitha Rajapaksa outside a nightclub at Union Pla...

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LNP - Fairly heavy showers expected in parts of the island

2025-03-24   |   Technology

The Department of Meteorology says that showers or thundershowers will occur at several places in Western, Sabaragamuwa and Central provinces and in G...

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LNP - 57 arrested in raid on ‘Instagram party’ in Pamunugama

2025-03-24   |   Crime

Fifty-seven suspects have been arrested during a raid carried out at a hotel in the Uswetakeiyawa area of Pamunugama, following a tip-off that an ‘I...

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LNP - Central Bank lists Pro Care, Shade of Procare among prohibited schemes

2025-03-22   |   Uncategorized

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka has determined that Pro Care (Pvt) Ltd. and Shade of Procare (Pvt) Ltd. are engaged in a scheme prohibited under Section...

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LNP - Mobile app introduced to submit LG Election complaints

2025-03-22   |   Politics

A new mobile application has been introduced for submitting complaints related to the 2025 Local Government (LG) Elections today (22).  The event was...

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