Five top SLFP MPs face party rap

2019-09-05   |   Uncategorized

Five dissident SLFP national list MPs have been served with show-cause letters and have been given seven days to respond, Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLF...

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Production of smart driver licence: RMV’s contract extension to private firm causes Rs 4 Bn loss

2019-09-05   |   Crime

The Government suffered a loss of around Rs. 4 billion due to a decision made by the Department of Registration of Motor Vehicles (RMV) to extend a co...

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Misbah named Pakistan head coach, Waqar new bowling coach

2019-09-05   |   Sports

captain Misbah-ul-Haq was named Pakistan’s head coach on a three-year contract on Wednesday with pace great Waqar Younis joining him as the team’s...

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Electorate not big enough for both!

2019-09-05   |   Uncategorized

Two ‘Nayakes’ looking forward to contesting the Nuwara-Eliya district on the Pohottuwa ticket are said to be already in a battle over the preferen...

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Trying to bell the cat?

2019-09-04   |   Uncategorized

The head of this city council has now left the country on a foreign visit and the deputy currently acting in the post is said to be planning a coup to...

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Springboks roll out big guns for Japan World Cup warm-up

2019-09-04   |   Crime

Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus named a full-strength side to play Japan, as the two-time champions bid to put down a World Cup marker and avenge the b...

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CARTOON OF THE DAY

2019-09-04   |   Uncategorized

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PM Ranil addresses Maldivian Parliament

2019-09-04   |   Politics

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe addressed the Maldivian parliament on Tuesday during his official visit to the Maldives to chair the Indian Ocean ...

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Higher credit costs and taxes to put banking sector profitability under pressure: Moody’s

2019-09-03   |   Business

Moody’s maintains negative outlook for Sri Lanka’s banking sector Forecasts SL’s GDP growth to slow to 2.6% in 2019 from 3.2% in 2018 Say...

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Sound and fury for nothing!

2019-09-03   |   Uncategorized

A public reception to a VIP vying for a top office in the country had been organized on a grand scale in the Kandy area recently.   Firecracker...

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All Blacks Hansen unruffled by breakdown ’cheats’ call

2019-09-03   |   Uncategorized

New Zealand coach Steve Hansen has shrugged off criticism from former England flyhalf turned media pundit Stuart Barnes, who described the world champ...

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2019-09-03   |   Uncategorized

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SLAF brings pleasant childhood memories

2019-09-03   |   Uncategorized

The 4th SLAF Aviation Contingent in MINUSCA carried out four major civil-military co-operation (CIMIC) activities and several drug donation programmes...

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Black Caps singing in the rain with opening Twenty20 win over Sri Lanka

2019-09-02   |   Weather

The hitting power of Ross Taylor and Colin de Grandhomme steered New Zealand to a five-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the Twenty20 international cri...

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Peter Kuruvita joins as guest chef for Sri Lanka at Expo 2020 Dubai

2019-09-02   |   Technology

Peter Kuruvita with Development Strategies and International Trade Minister Malik Samarawickrama, Development Strategies and International Trade Deput...

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Trying to bell the cat?

2019-09-02   |   Uncategorized

The head of this city council has now left the country on a foreign visit and the deputy currently acting in the post is said to be planning a coup to...

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Rajitha says UNP won’t make same mistake twice

2019-09-02   |   Crime

The UNP-led alliance would not make the same mistakes it made during the last presidential election but would field a winning candidate this year, Min...

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Tourism Minister to meet Russian envoy over travel advisory

2019-08-30   |   Politics

From left: Board of Airline Representatives Chairman Dimuthu Tennakoon, Immigration and Emigration Department Controller General Pasan Ratnayake, SLTD...

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Siblings’ battle behind the scene!

2019-08-30   |   Uncategorized

There was intense jockeying in the recent past by interested parties to have their favourite appointed to a very high post in a security service. In f...

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2019-08-30   |   Uncategorized

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Sri Lanka Mystery Spinner Ajantha Mendis retires

2019-08-30   |   Uncategorized

Sri Lanka mystery spinner Ajantha Mendis has retired from all forms of the game. Mendis was famous for being one of the earliest bowlers to develop th...

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UNP disciplinary proceedings against MPs Rathana Thera, Wijeyadasa

2019-08-30   |   Technology

The UNP will commence disciplinary proceedings against MPs Venerable Athuraliye Ratana Thera and Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe tomorrow, UNP Legal Secretary N...

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Sports Associations need to act on gazette, says Harin

2019-08-29   |   Uncategorized

Minister of Sports Harin Fernando last week issued a gazette notification that will bar individuals with direct or indirect links with gambling firms ...

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Nod on condition!

2019-08-29   |   Uncategorized

A get-together to express goodwill to Punchi Dasa was held the other day at the Colombo residence of a close relative of ‘a lion-like’ state puroh...

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2019-08-29   |   Uncategorized

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