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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Necessary information provided to Interpol for Udayanga’s extradition.

2018-05-19   |   Uncategorized

Sri Lanka has presented a strong case to Interpol as regards its efforts to have former Sri Lanka Ambassador to Russia and Ukraine extradited in conne...

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Tamils to remember the dead in Mullivaikkal

2018-05-18   |   Technology

Northern Province Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran urges them to unite on the ‘tragic’ Remembrance Day   Northern Province Chief Minister C...

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2018-05-18   |   Uncategorized

The total PAYE tax burden put on the consumers by the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB), is Rs 3.4 billion, Executive Director of the Centre for Human Ri...

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Spread of influenza will be contained

2018-05-18   |   Technology

The Health Department of the Southern Province yesterday (17) said, that action was being taken to bring the present influenza crisis under control. ...

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Sri Lankan Johann Peries close to reaching summit of Mount Everest

2018-05-18   |   Uncategorized

Johann Peries, Sri Lanka’s famed mountain climber and adventurer, is set to make his ascent to the peak of Mount Everest in a few days. If the weath...

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Lord Buddha’s Holy Relics returned back to Pakistan

2018-05-18   |   Uncategorized

The most sacred relics of Lord Buddha from Taxila were taken back to Pakistan today after conclusion of a three-week long exposition at various loca...

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Tim McCaskil imparts knowledge on reducing injuries to Sri Lankans

2018-05-17   |   Uncategorized

Not many had heard about Tim McCaskil when Sri Lanka's Head Coach Chandika Haturusingha put in a paper to Sri Lanka Cricket asking the board to hire t...

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Govt. partners Microsoft on digital transformation initiative

2018-05-17   |   Technology

Sri Lanka’s plans to boost economic growth, which place digital transformation and connectivity high on the agenda to usher a new era of optimism, w...

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JO ready to accept group of 16, no special status

2018-05-17   |   Uncategorized

The Joint Opposition (JO)/Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) expect 16 SLFP members of parliament who crossed over to the Opposition on May 8 to join ...

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Government to remain neutral on commemoration activities in North for 18 May

2018-05-17   |   Politics

The Government yesterday (16 May) said that it would remain impartial with regard to the planned commemoration activities by the Northern Provincial C...

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Scam causes Rs. 10 m loss at CPSTL, Arjuna to probe

2018-05-17   |   Business

An alleged scam has caused a loss of Rs. 10 million at the Ceylon Petroleum Storage Terminal (CPSTL) on the day fuel prices were hiked, prompting Mini...

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Iran agrees to build refinery for Lanka

2018-05-17   |   Uncategorized

Iran has agreed to build a new oil refinery for Sri Lanka in addition to upgrading its ageing 50,000 barrel per day (bpd) state-owned refinery, Sri La...

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CEB denies charges of ashes spreading to Sri Maha Bodhi

2018-05-16   |   Law

Ceylon Electricity Board engineers and Norochcholai Power Plant officials refuted claims that toxic acids evaporating from the power plant posed a thr...

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Singer revenue in 1Q up 13% to Rs. 13.6 b despite challenging environment

2018-05-16   |   Business

Singer (Sri Lanka) Plc yesterday announced a 13% increase in revenue to Rs. 13.6 billion in the first quarter of 2018 in spite of challenging business...

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HNB Group records Rs7.2Bn PBT in Q1

2018-05-16   |   Uncategorized

Sri Lanka’s Hatton National Bank reported a first quarter profit after tax growth of 22.5 percent to 4.5 billion rupees, while the Group reported a ...

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Boyagoda sidelined again.

2018-05-16   |   Technology

Hasitha Boyagoda, Sri Lanka’s under-19 opener whose blistering 191 at the Youth World Cup caught the world’s eye, was sidelined once again by T...

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