LNP - Japan to invest in Sri Lanka’s digital transformation and port development
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has met with Ambassador of Japan to Sri Lanka, Mr. Akio Isomata, this morning (27) at the Presidential Secretariat....
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LNP - Central Bank warns against unauthorized use of ‘Finance’ in business names
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has issued a warning against the use of word ‘Finance’ in business names. Accordingly, the CBSL clarified tha...
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LNP - Ex-Presidents’ expenditure on foreign trips revealed; Mahinda tops list
During today’s (27) parliamentary session, Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya revealed the total expenditure on foreign trips made by former Pres...
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LNP - Singapore declines to extradite Arjuna Mahendran implicated in bond scam
The Singaporean authorities have cited inability to extradite former Central Bank Governor Arjun Mahendran to Sri Lanka in terms of the legal system o...
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LNP - New vehicle shipment to touch down today
Four layers of taxation will be imposed on vehicle imports - Existing second-hand vehicle market is expected to decline by 10 to 15 percent - New vehi...
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LNP - Cabinet approves E-8 visa jobs for Sri Lankans, exclusively through SLBFE
The Cabinet approved employment opportunities under South Korea’s E-8 visa category, with recruitment exclusively handled by the Sri Lanka Bureau of...
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LNP - Woman arrested at BIA with 1.2 kgs of kush
A 38-year-old woman was arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) while attempting to smuggle in 1.2 kgs of kush into the country, Sri ...
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LNP - Namal Rajapaksa arrives at CID to record statement over Airbus deal
Sri Lanka Podujana Peramina (SLPP) Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa has arrived at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) this morning (26). He ha...
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LNP - Showers above 75mm expected in parts of the island
The Department of Meteorology says that showers or thundershowers will occur at times in Northern, North-central, Eastern and Uva provinces and in Mat...
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LNP - First batch of imported personal vehicles arrives at Colombo Port after 5-year hiatus
The first batch of vehicles imported for private use arrived at the Colombo Port on Tuesday (25), following the Sri Lankan government’s decision to ...
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LNP - Teacher-principal salaries elevated to within top 10 grades – PM
Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education, and Vocational Education, Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, says that the salaries of school princip...
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LNP - SriLankan Airlines pays USD 900,000 monthly for unused aircraft – Deputy Minister
Deputy Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. Harshana Suriyapperuma disclosed in Parliament today (25) that SriLankan Airlines has been paying USD 900...
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LNP - Female accomplice in ‘Ganemulla Sanjeewa’ murder has not fled country - Police
Sri Lanka Police says that the fugitive female accomplice involved in the murder of notorious underworld figure Sanjeewa Kumara Samararatne alias “G...
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LNP - Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister to address UNHRC in Geneva today
Sri Lanka’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism Vijitha Herath is scheduled to address the United Nations Human Rights Counc...
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LNP - Over 7,000 affected by drinking water shortage due to dry weather
More than 7,000 people across several districts have been severely impacted by a drinking water shortage caused by the prevailing dry weather conditio...
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LNP - EC to convene on Thursday to decide on LG Polls date
The Election Commission is scheduled to convene this Thursday (27) for a meeting while it is reported that a decision regarding the date of the Local ...
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LNP - Harini appointed as chief of Committee on High Posts
Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya has been appointed the chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on High Posts, Speaker Jagath Wickramaratne announ...
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LNP - Historic moment in Sri Lanka’s Parliament as MP moves motion using Braille
In a significant moment for the country’s parliamentary history, National People’s Power (NPP) MP Sugath Wasantha de Perera today (24) moved the m...
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LNP - Good behavior earns Arjun Aloysius early release from prison
Arjun Aloysius, Director of W.M. Mendis Distilleries, and two others, who were serving a jail term for defaulting on a payment of Rs. 3.5 billion in V...
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LNP - Sri Lankan mountaineer Johann Peiris returns after conquering Antarctic and South American peaks
Sri Lankan mountaineering champion Johann Peiris arrived at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake early this morning (Feb. 24) af...
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LNP - Couple arrested for transporting Kerala Cannabis in Malabe
Police have arrested a man and a woman for transporting Kerala cannabis in a car on Sunday (23). The suspects, a 30-year-old man and his 33-year-old w...
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LNP - Defense Secretary orders immediate arrest of all armed forces deserters
The Secretary to the Ministry of Defence, Air Vice Marshal (Retired) Sampath Thuyacontha, says he has issued an order for the immediate arrest of all ...
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LNP - Warm weather advisory issued for several provinces, districts
The Department of Meteorology has issued a Warm weather Advisory for tomorrow (24) in several provinces and districts in the country. It states that...
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