Matara - Colombo Expressway fares to be reduced to Rs 460 from July 1
Commuters will benefit while the NTC will lose millions from July 1, 2018 when super luxury buses plying between Matara and Colombo on the southern ex...
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SLFP resolves to ask PM to quit
The SLFP parliamentary group, at a meeting with President Maithripala Sirisena, last night, at his official residence in Colombo 07, unanimously resol...
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Ministries barred from purchasing new vehicles
Government ministers have been directed not to purchase new vehicles to Ministries or for their official use as the Treasury has to handle new expendi...
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More revelations on corruption surrounding cricket
https://youtu.be/3MebrtvdHTE Following the Sports 1st revelation over the allegations raised on pitch-fixing at the Galle International Cricket Stad...
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Who are the MPs that obtained money from PTL?
https://youtu.be/9qIkEONRSms Who are the MPs that obtained money from Perpetual Treasuries Limited or their associated companies? Those who claim to ...
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What Rajitha saw and did not see at Dambulla hospital
Health Minister and Vice President WHO, Dr Rajitha Senaratne on a visit to Dambulla hospital this week had apparently avoided visiting overcrowded war...
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Vegetable prices increase again
Vegetable prices are on the increase again. At the Dambulla market too the prices were high with a kilo of beans selling at Rs 350 on Friday. The pric...
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This is the way we come to class
With an influenza virus spreading in the South and several deaths reported in the aftermath of the floods, a teacher and students at Olcott Vidyalaya ...
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Monetary Law to be amended to suit inflation targeting
Amendments to the Monetary Law Act (MLA) is to be present to Parliament next year to suit the Flexible Inflation Targeting (FIT) frame-work with the a...
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SL seeks $500 mn apparel trade deal with India
Sri Lanka is hoping to convince India to remove the existing quota system for the apparel industry and instead requesting a US$500 million worth trade...
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Colombo to be AI’s S Asia HQ
Amnesty International (AI) has selected Colombo as its South Asia Head Quarters and a permeant office is to be opened soon. The London-based non-gover...
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Private company to operate new train services in H’tota District
The Government wants the private sector to build and operate rail services in a US$ 800 million (Rs. 127 billion) project in the Hambantota district, ...
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Field Marshal receives Rs 100,000 from Aloysius
Minister Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka yesterday said that he, too, received about Rs100,000 from tainted businessman Arjun Aloysius at the last parlia...
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Striking Rail Unions say no sabotage
GM cries foul, calls for CID probe: The Railway Department had lodged a complaint with the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) yesterday, all...
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Fuel price revision on July 5- DST
The Government will not slash fuel prices despite the current slump in international fuel prices and will wait till July 5 to make rev...
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Lankan banks sit on Rs.19bn capital hole as sector braces for BASEL III
The Sri Lankan banks satisfy many of the key matrices such as growth, profits, efficiency and asset quality against most regional peers but the sect...
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Civil activists claim more that 118 benefited from the bond scam
Civil Organizations call on authorities to expose the beneficiaries of the bond scam. According to the Executive Director of the Center for Human Rig...
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“Match-fixing to come under Bribery Act” – Sarath Jayamanne
Sarath Jayamanne, the Director General of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) speaking to news 1st stated tha...
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Al Jazeera defends cricket match-fixing film after ICC criticism
Al Jazeera has hit back at criticism from world cricket's governing body, the ICC, for not sharing evidence of match-fixing before broadcasting a docu...
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Port of Colombo clocks 2nd highest growth rate in the world
The Port of Colombo recorded a 16.2% growth in container handling for the 1st quarter of 2018 over the same quarter last year, according to Alphaliner...
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President seeks AG’s help to break deadlock between PUCSL and CEB
PUCSL still opposed to CEB’s original plan submitted in 2017 CEB insistent on getting approval for original plan CEB Engineers’ Union call...
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Prez, PM blamed for failure of govt anti-corruption drive
Petroleum Resources Development Minister Arjuna Ranatunga has blamed President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe for the UN...
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NIBM -TDF Model for Human Performance Improvement
Th e HPI ( Human Performance Improvement) process of NIBM follows a result –based approach to improve performance of its learners. TDF is a novel ap...
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