13 dead, 125,954 affected
The death toll due to floods and landslides has risen to 13 by last evening, while 32,136 families have been displaced, Director General, Disaster Man...
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Rain disaster affected nears126,000
The National Disaster Management Center (DMC) yesterday announced that more than 125,954 persons belonging to 32,136 families have been affected by th...
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722 two new houses in Colombo vested with low income families by the President.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 $1b turnover
Building on a strong momentum gathered over the final quarter of FY 2017/18, Sri Lanka’s leading diversified conglomerate Hayleys PLC announced a re...
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National Export Strategy for Cabinet nod soon - Malwatte
Export target for 2018 scaled up to US$ 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
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
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
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.
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
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
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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