SLTB in the black for first time
The Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) which was incurring heavy losses for many years, had earned a profit of Rs. 1,618 million last year, for the ...
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NEW TRAFFIC FINES TO STAY
Transport and Civil Aviation Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva stated yesterday that the new fines aimed at reducing road accidents will not be changed...
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Prisons Police has been set up -Thalatha
Minister of Justice and Prison Reforms Thalatha Athukorala says a prisons police has been set up instead of the prisons intelligence unit. Speaking t...
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Mega water, sewerage project in northwestern Sri Lanka opens to benefit over 70,000 people
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Monday inaugurated the Greater Kurunegala Water Supply and Sewerage Project in northwestern Sri Lank...
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Sri Lanka navy chief funded mass-murder suspect: CID
Sri Lanka's chief of defence staff Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne gave half a million rupees in cash to help the main suspect in the abduction and m...
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No sure of receiving Oppo. Leader post even after becoming independent - Mahinda
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‘Navy Sampath’ remanded until August 29
Lieutenant Commander Chandana Hettiarachchi also known as ‘Navy Sampath’, arrested for the abduction and disappearance of 11 youths from Colombo...
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Dananjaya's six wickets hand Sri Lanka 178-run victory
Sri Lanka’s Akila Dananjaya spun a web around South Africa’s batsmen with a six-wicket haul to help the hosts to a commanding 178-run victory in t...
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Dinesh Chandimal guides Sri Lanka home in low-scoring thriller
Sri Lanka 99 for 7 v (Chandimal 36*, de Silva 31, Dala 2-22, Rabada 2-24, Shamsi 2-26) beat South Africa 98 (de Kock 20, Sandakan 3-19, Akila 2-15, de...
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Sri Lanka’s treacherous failure to counter Geneva project
From Nanthikadal to Colombo defense seminar 2018 For nearly a decade Sri Lanka neglected its responsibility to counter unsubstantiated war crimes all...
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Siyambalapitiya defends Power Purchase Agreements
Says PPAs with IPPs the cheapest available option Power Ministry Secy. requests President’s intervention to get regulator’s approval for...
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4,130 unemployed graduates to get Govt jobs this month
In line with President Maithripala Sirisena’s pledge to provide jobs to all unemployed graduates, the Government is planning to recruit 4,130 indivi...
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Ella to become a tourist zone
Gazette to be issued within next two months A high-powered meeting chaired by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe recently discussed moves to ...
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Suspect alleged to have fled country with Admiral’s help arrested in Colombo
Wartime abductions, killing of TNA MP Raviraj A high profile-government inquiry into the alleged abduction and disappearance of 11 Tamil youth by the...
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Dananjaya to unleash deadly carrom ball soon
The ‘carrom ball’ that proved to be the undoing of India’s famous batting line-up in the Asia Cup final in 2008 was the talk at RPS Sunday night...
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Chair play of corruption.
Leaders of people must occupy seats of power no doubt. These seats literally and metaphorically have to be simple, inexpensive, strong, humble, modest...
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Indian clinical waste reaches Puttalam
The mounting clinical waste in coastal areas off Puttalam has washed ashore from India, the Maritime Environment Protection Authority (MEPA) confirmed...
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Sanga rejects speculation on Presidential bid
Former Sri Lanka cricket captain Kumar Sangakkara rejecting all speculation of him contesting the Presidential Election in 2020 insisted that he d...
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Houses for Ranaviru Real Star finalists
Thirty five members of the Security Forces who were selected to the final round of the Ranaviru Real Star-5th Mission received the ownership of ne...
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Female Welikada prisoners protest
Around 25 female inmates of the Welikada Prison had got onto the prison roof and staged a protest yesterday morning against a decision taken by th...
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War-affected women with disabilities cry for recognition
The LTTE cadres were at their doorstep that night, to recruit one member from the family to fight against the on-going military thrust that was progre...
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President assures solution RAILWAY STRIKE CALLED OFF
Railway trade unions called off their strike yesterday (12) following discussions with President Maithripala Sirisena. The President had assured the s...
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WHY TAXES ON SMALLER CARS WERE HIKED?
Mega rise in vehicle imports in first five months of 2018 Hard on the heels of the successful slamming of the brakes when tackling the sharp acc...
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