Death Sentence: List of 18 submitted to Justice Ministry
A list consisting names of 18 convicts, who were sentenced to death for drug-related crimes, had been submitted to the Justice and Prison Reforms Mini...
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PM launches Gamperaliya accelerated rural development program: PM
The demand for consumer goods had gone down as a result of money circulation decline in the country, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said today. ...
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Bakery owners threaten to increase price of bread too in 2 months
Bakers have warned of a price increase in bread within two months if they are not granted concessions over bakery ingredients. The all Ceylon Bakery O...
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Damning US report reveals Lankans in NZ subjected to forced labour
The foreign employment services sector yesterday distanced itself from a damning US report that Sri Lankan women and children were dumped into forced ...
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Most drug dealers cannot be hanged due to their appeals
Prison authorities have prepared a list of 18 death row inmates for hanging and it is to be submitted for the President’s signature, but some of tho...
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Tourism earnings up 14.7% Jan-May Forex income hits US$ 1.8B
Sri Lanka earned nearly US$ 1.8 billion from tourism during the first five months of this year, up 14.7 per cent compared to US$ 1.65 billion a year a...
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Prisons Dept. to enlist 2 new hangmen
The Prisons Department will call for applications to recruit two hangmen next week to carry out death sentences, Prisons Spokesman Commissioner Thusha...
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Businessman pleads guilty to smuggling ganja by post
MP, ex-Senior DIG defend him Colombo Fort Magistrate Lanka Jayaratne yesterday deferred a case filed against a leading businessman charged with smuggl...
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List of drug traffickers on death row forwarded to President
The list of names of prisoners sentenced to death for drug trafficking were to be handed over to President Maithripala Sirisena yesterday, Justice Min...
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BASL realises need to set guidelines for future sponsorships
PTL funding for Law Asia 2016: President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) U.R. de Silva, PC, yesterday acknowledged that guidelines were nee...
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MPs can sell their duty free vehicles
CIABOC determination: The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has cleared the way for lawmakers to sell super luxu...
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President to sign execution warrants
Convicted drug lords trafficking from prisons to be hanged. President Maithripala Sirisena said he will use his powers to place his signature to exe...
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Mandzukic breaks England hearts and fires Croatia into World Cup final
Moscow, Wednesday: Mario Mandzukic scored the winning goal deep in extra time as Croatia beat England 2-1 in an utterly gripping World Cup semi-final ...
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Susanthika showers praise on Sports Minister
At V. A. Sugathadasa’s birth anniversary on July 10: Olympic medalist, Sports Ministry consultant and Director of the Sugathadasa Sports Complex...
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Mihin liquidator ordered to submit documents by July 25: PCoI on SriLankan
Chairman of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCol) on irregularities at SriLankan Airlines, SriLankan Catering and Mihin Lanka, former Supreme ...
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GUSTY WINDS DAMAGE 262 HOUSES IN COLOMBO SUBURBS
Around 262 houses had been partly damaged due to strong winds that prevailed across Colombo suburbs on Tuesday night. Disaster Management Center (DMC...
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New traffic fines from Sunday, 10 more offences included
The number traffic offences that deserve fines has been increased from July 15 which includes ten new offences, the Director of Traffic Administration...
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Investments under FTA: Singaporean investors keen to enter services and manufacturing sectors
Subsequent to the signing of the Singapore-Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement (FTA) there is already interest among Singaporean investors to invest in ser...
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ETI Finance to be purchased at US $ 75 million
Singapore-registered Blue Summit Capital Management Ltd and Sri Lanka’s Ben Holdings Ltd. have made a joint investment to purchase the crisis-hit fi...
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Thai cave rescue: All 12 boys and coach rescued
All 12 boys and their football coach who were stranded in the flooded Chiang Rai cave system in Thailand have been rescued after dramatic search opera...
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65-pct of Sri Lanka state workers do not have A-Levels
Less than seven percent of Sri Lanka's 1.1 million public sector workforce have university degrees in commerce, management or science related areas, w...
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USD 585 mn for SL parties from US: JO demands probe
Presidential election 2015: Anuradhapura District UPFA MP Shehan Semasinghe says a comprehensive inquiry is needed to ascertain US funding made availa...
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Kalkudah Police officer arrested for accepting bribe of Rs 300,000
Officer in Charge of the Kalkudah Police Administrative Unit has been arrested while accepting a bribe of Rs 300,000, stated the Bribery Commission. ...
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