LNP - 400 files related to corruption, fraud to be opened for action: AKD

2024-10-19   |   Crime

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said there are 400 files related to corruption and fraud lying with the Attorney General and all of them will be op...

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LNP - India doubles grant to support education in Sri Lanka’s plantation community

2024-10-19   |   Uncategorized

India has doubled its grant to Rs 600 million to support education in Sri Lanka’s plantation areas for the Indian-origin Tamil community. Indian Hig...

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LNP - EU Ambassador and ADB Director call on Prime Minister Harini

2024-10-19   |   Politics

The Ambassador of the European Union (EU) to Sri Lanka, Carmen Moreno, has paid a courtesy call on the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Dr. Harini Amarasu...

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LNP - Indian flight lands at BIA due to bombs scare; AASL says no threat

2024-10-19   |   Travel

An Indian passenger flight arriving from Mumbai has made an emergency landing at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake due to a b...

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LNP - Ministry of Crab wannabe taken to Court

2024-10-18   |   Crime

The Commercial High Court of Colombo on 9 October 2024 issued two enjoining orders against a restaurant identifying itself as ‘The King Crab,’ fol...

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LNP - Emirates flying high with title of ‘World’s Best Airline’ from new comprehensive study

2024-10-18   |   Technology

Emirates has come out on top as the ‘World’s Best Airline’ amongst 90 global carriers in a recent comprehensive and methodological study by Tel...

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LNP - Sri Lanka ODI squad named for West Indies series

2024-10-18   |   Sports

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has announced the 16-member Sri Lanka squad, captained by Charith Asalanka, for the three-match ODI series against West Indies...

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LNP - Egg traders urge govt to implement pricing formula

2024-10-18   |   Business

The All Ceylon Egg Traders’ Association has called on the government to introduce a pricing formula to stabilize the price of eggs in the market.  ...

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LNP - Sri Lanka’s Mahima Herath wins third place in Australia’s Humanitarian Innovation Pitch

2024-10-18   |   Development

Mahima Pivithuru Herath, a postgraduate student at Griffith University from Sri Lanka has secured third place in the prestigious Humanitarian Innovati...

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LNP - New UGC Chairman appointed

2024-10-18   |   Technology

Senior Professor Kapila Senevirathne has been appointed as the Chairman of the University Grants Commission (UGC). Senior Prof. Kapila Seneviratne gra...

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LNP - PM Harini meets university students’ unions

2024-10-18   |   Uncategorized

Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya has held discussions with the university students’ unions on Thursday (17). During the discussion, attention w...

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LNP - More than enough for certain group to rule country for 76 years: CBK

2024-10-18   |   Technology

Claiming that it is more than enough for a certain group to rule the country for 76 years, former President Chandrika Kumaratunge said a new group mus...

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LNP - Maximum expenditure limits announced for general election

2024-10-18   |   Politics

The Election Commission announced the maximum expenditure limits allowed for candidates, parties, independent groups and national list candidates ahea...

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LNP - Ministers cannot steal without their secretaries, chief accountants being aware: Maithri

2024-10-18   |   Politics

While pointing out how Ministers rob government assets, former President Maithripala Sirisena noted that Ministers cannot steal without the knowledge ...

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LNP - SriLankan captain resigns after cockpit lockout incident

2024-10-18   |   Technology

The captain involved in a controversial cockpit lockout incident aboard SriLankan Airlines flight UL607 from Sydney to Colombo has reportedly resigned...

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LNP - Experienced persons should be in Parliament to handle economic crisis: Ranil

2024-10-18   |   Politics

There should be experienced people in Parliament to resolve the economic crisis, former President Ranil Wickremeisnghe said today.  "Those who have w...

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LNP - Sri Lanka to receive USD 1.69 billion in loans within next 3-5 years: Report

2024-10-17   |   Crime

The government has spent only 53% of the welfare budget allocated for the year within the first 8 months up to August, according to a report. A latest...

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LNP - Sri Lanka script history, beat West Indies in T20 series for first time

2024-10-17   |   Sports

Sri Lanka thrashed West Indies by 9 wickets on Thursday (October 17) to take the series by 2-1. Maheesh Theekshana and Wanindu Hasaranga chipped in wi...

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LNP - Police seek regulatory changes to combat surge in online scams involving foreign nationals

2024-10-17   |   Crime

Following the recent arrests of several foreign nationals, mostly Chinese, involved in online scams, the police are now seeking guidance from relevant...

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LNP - Tourist arrivals surpass 63,000 in first half of October

2024-10-17   |   Travel

Sri Lanka welcomed 63,491 tourists in the first half of October, in continuing with the slowdown in tourist arrivals, ahead of the winter season, the ...

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LNP - 500-house township to be vested to recipients after 14 years

2024-10-17   |   Uncategorized

A township of 500 houses with other facilities such as a hospital and a recreation hall built with assistance from Saudi Arabia way back in 2009 is to...

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LNP - Rs. 3,000 allowance to be credited to pensioners’ accounts from today

2024-10-16   |   Uncategorized

The Department of Pensions is set to distribute the monthly interim allowance of Rs. 3,000 to all pensioners starting today (16), the President’s Me...

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LNP - Nissanka, Wellalage power Sri Lanka to series-leveling win over West Indies

2024-10-16   |   Sports

Sri Lanka produced a dominant performance to defeat the West Indies by 73 runs in the second T20I at Dambulla on Tuesday (October 15), leveling the se...

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LNP - Retirement is temporary, not ready to quit politics: MR

2024-10-16   |   Uncategorized

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa said that he is not ready to retire from politics and that his retirement is temporary. "I thought about not contes...

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LNP - Personal accounts hit by online scams

2024-10-16   |   Uncategorized

No incidents of hacking accounts of banking systems or financial institutions reported * Only personal account holders have fallen prey so far * Peopl...

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