722 two new houses in Colombo vested with low income families by the President.

2018-05-25   |   Politics

Seven hundred and twenty two (722) newly built houses of Madampitiya, Henemulla, “Methsanda Sevana“ housing scheme were vested with low income fam...

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Two more days of weather fury

2018-05-24   |   Weather

Heavy rains, and floods continue to wreak havoc as the South West monsoon continue to hit the south western part of the country today (24) and tomorro...

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SLC tie up with new Casual Clothing Partner

2018-05-24   |   Uncategorized

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has joined hands with LiCC (Long Island Clothing Company) as the organization’s Official Casual Clothing Partner. With this...

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Files on Tamil Tigers and MI5 in Sri Lanka erased at Foreign Office

2018-05-24   |   Crime

Destruction of 1978-1980 files means there is no record of UK government’s work at the time Britain’s Foreign Office destroyed almost 200 files on...

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China strongly committed to helping Sri Lanka become prosperous: Envoy

2018-05-24   |   Uncategorized

China yesterday expressed stronger commitment to help Sri Lanka realize its goal to become a prosperous country, allaying fears over growing engagemen...

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Weather worsens

2018-05-24   |   Weather

As weather conditions predictably worsened, the National Building Research Organization (NBRO), yesterday (23), issued new red notices to four Distric...

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9 killed, 68,000 affected in bad weather

2018-05-23   |   Weather

The Disaster Management Centre says 9 deaths have been reported thus far due to the adverse weather, with over 68,000 persons across 14 districts in t...

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Pushparaj wins silver at Austrian International Championship

2018-05-23   |   Uncategorized

Sri Lankan bodybuilding champion Lucion Pushparaj won a silver medal at the Austrian International Bodybuilding Championship held in Vienna, Austria, ...

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Aitken Spence ups FY18 pre-tax profit by 22% to record Rs. 6.4 b

2018-05-23   |   Business

Aitken Spence Plc recorded a steady financial performance for the 12 months ending 31 March 2018 with a 22% year-on-year growth in profit-before-tax f...

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Lankans ready for West Indies pace challenge

2018-05-23   |   Uncategorized

Skipper Chandimal confident of winning if team plays to potential The challenge for Sri Lanka is to win their maiden Test series in the Caribbean....

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WEATHER AFFECTS OVER 38,000

2018-05-23   |   Weather

The Disaster Management Centre said a total of 68,000 persons belonging to 18,079 families have been affected across 19 districts due to the adverse w...

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Milestone marks from Mangala

2018-05-23   |   Uncategorized

After completing year as Finance Minister insists sound macroeconomic fundamentals exist for stronger growth  Higher tax revenue, investments,...

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Heavy rains to continue

2018-05-23   |   Weather

The Government, through the Road Development Authority (RDA), allocated Rs 5 million for each Province, currently affected by the floods, for the purp...

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Hayleys first listed firm to cross $1b turnover

2018-05-22   |   Business

Building on a strong momentum gathered over the final quarter of FY 2017/18, Sri Lanka’s leading diversified conglomerate Hayleys PLC announced a re...

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National Export Strategy for Cabinet nod soon - Malwatte

2018-05-22   |   Business

Export target for 2018 scaled up to US$ 17.8 bn Measures to increase exports by 15% annually Sri Lanka’s exports in 2017 has grown by 15% to U...

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Govt.’s net borrowings equal to foreign reserves: Cabraal

2018-05-22   |   Uncategorized

Former Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal yesterday charged that the net borrowings by the present government almost equal the country’s cur...

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Attempts to smuggle out US$ 208,000: Finance Ministry keeps file

2018-05-22   |   Crime

The Finance Ministry has retained the Customs file containing evidence on the November arrest of Jaya Sudhir Jayaram, a Malaysian businessman, who was...

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Some primary schools to close

2018-05-22   |   Education

The Southern Province Ministry of Education yesterday (21), said it had decided to close primary schools and primary sections in six education zones...

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Immigration officers threaten work-to-rule repeat if demands unresolved.

2018-05-22   |   Crime

Immigration officers warned they are prepared to resume their work-to-rule campaign next week, if the Government fails to follow through on its guaran...

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Lord Naseby meets Sri Lankan Diaspora at House of Lords

2018-05-22   |   Uncategorized

One of the 1st events representing Sri Lankan Diaspora at the House of Lords Last week, the UK Parliament paid tribute to the Sri Lankan community liv...

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Rain havoc claims more lives

2018-05-22   |   Weather

Death toll six Over 1,000 displaced more than 22,000 affected Showers to continue Unrelenting rains continue to wreak havoc in 12 di...

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Hackers transfer US$13 mn from businessmen via emails: CERT

2018-05-19   |   Business

The Computer Emergency Readiness Team | Co-ordination Centre (CERT|CC) said yesterday they had received complaints about fraudsters hacking into email...

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Tourism Ministry website hacked by Tamil Eelam Cyber Force

2018-05-19   |   Technology

The Sinhalese version of the official website of the Ministry of Tourism Development and Christian Religious Affairs and the website of the Democratic...

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Business confidence falls to a 70-month low

2018-05-19   |   Business

The latest edition of business magazine LMD reports a decline of 19 basis points in the LMD-Nielsen Business Confidence Index (BCI). It fell to 98 in ...

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SLNS Sagara returns home on completion of successful naval exercise

2018-05-19   |   Uncategorized

Sri Lanka Naval Ship Sagara which left the island for Indonesia on last 24th April to attend Komodo-2018 Naval exercise and International Fleet Review...

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