Absence of termination clauses, ill-effects highlighted

2018-04-12   |   Uncategorized

Professionals oppose SL-Singapore free trade pact The recently signed Sri Lanka-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (SLSFTA) is a smokescreen for introduci...

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Police seize 136-kg ganja, arrest four people

2018-04-12   |   Crime

The Mandapam police have seized 136 kg of ganja, being smuggled to Sri Lanka via sea after arresting four people, including the kingpin of the smuggli...

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Do you have 25% stake in a company? Then be ready for a visit by CID

2018-04-11   |   Business

If you are a director or a shareholder having 25 percent or more shares in a company, it won’t be too long before an officer from the Criminal Inves...

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Govt. ready to launch Trade Information Portal in May

2018-04-11   |   Business

80% of work completed with support of 55 agencies DoC DG raises concerns over delays in implementing commitments under TFA Customs D...

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Assault on Dutch tourists: Probe underway

2018-04-11   |   Travel

Based on a news report, the Police launched an investigation yesterday (10), into an alleged assault on Dutch tourists, which had taken place on 8 Apr...

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CABINET MEETS SANS SLFP, NEW CABINET BEFORE NEW YEAR

2018-04-11   |   Uncategorized

President Maithripala Sirisena had informed Cabinet of his intent to make a reshuffle before the Sinhala and Tamil New Year. The President had made an...

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Lanka's health service among world's best - WHO Director General

2018-04-10   |   Crime

Service is freely available Clear guidance by political leadership Sri Lanka’s health service is one of the best not only in Asia but in the w...

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Jo to apply pressure on Speaker

2018-04-10   |   Technology

The Joint Opposition (JO) announced that they would apply pressure on the Speaker to hand over the position of the Leader of the Opposition to them. T...

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Russel Arnold named Director of Lankan Premier League

2018-04-09   |   Entertainment

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has appointed Russel Arnold as the Director of Lankan Premier League (LPL), Sri Lanka’s T20 League featuring both Sri Lank...

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Navy and Army athletes take Sri Lanka to the medal table

2018-04-09   |   Sports

Two Sri Lankan service personnel who represented the country at the XXI Commonwealth Games 2018 in Gold Coast, Australia have won a Silver and a Bro...

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Consumer authority to nab errant traders

2018-04-09   |   Business

Sri Lanka's Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) has taken measures to carry out special raids to nab errant traders throughout the country during the u...

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MOVING LANKA TO A CASHLESS SOCIETY

2018-04-09   |   Uncategorized

Sri Lanka will be moving towards a cashless transaction era enabling it to become a digital economy with Visa, the global leader in digital payments t...

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Anusha creates history

2018-04-09   |   Uncategorized

First Lankan woman in C’wealth Games Boxing semis Anusha Dilrukshi Kodituwakku became the first ever Sri Lankan woman boxer to enter a semifinal i...

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22 Global reinsurance giants join to provide reinsurance

2018-04-09   |   Uncategorized

Sri Lanka's only local reinsurance provider, The National Insurance Trust Fund (NITF) has successfully concluded the placement of its reinsurance prog...

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Authorities had not made any attempt to resolve Uni. non-academic strike: UTAJU

2018-04-09   |   Uncategorized

The Higher Education Ministry(HEM) and the University Grants Commission (UGC) had not made any substantial attempt to resolve month long non-academic ...

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Removing Ranil as leader never envisaged -Akila

2018-04-09   |   Travel

UNP Deputy General Secretary Education Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam, yesterday, said the removal of UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe hadn’t been ...

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President in dilemma: UNP all out to oust SLFP ministers

2018-04-09   |   Politics

President Maithripala Sirisena now has another serious problem to contend with as the UNP is all out to oust the SLFP ministers who voted for the ...

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Malik Samarawickrama resigns as UNP Chairman

2018-04-09   |   Technology

Minister Malik Samarawickrama says that he has resigned from the Chairmanship of the United National Party (UNP). The Minister of Development Strateg...

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ADB Report says 40,000 Lankan post-grad students in OECD countries

2018-04-06   |   Crime

There were 40,000 Sri Lankan graduates, reading either for a Doctor of Philosophy or Master’s degree in the Organization of Economic Cooperation and...

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The Future of Colombo is here

2018-04-06   |   Uncategorized

In 1962 when Lee Kuan Yew visited Ceylon, he was coming from a war torn land. He immediately fell in love with the human scale and the large trees he ...

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Who won?

2018-04-06   |   Uncategorized

Who won the battle of the no-confidence motion? There were a two winners, not one. One of them won tactically and the other strategically. There were ...

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Ranil urges UNP to prepare for elections

2018-04-06   |   Politics

Leader of the UNP and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, having  defeated the No Confidence Motion (NCM) brought against him by the Sri Lanka Poduj...

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“Can a Leader who cannot control his own party, run a country?

2018-04-06   |   Sports

Sirisena has no control over SLFP/UPFA The No-Confidence Motion, moved against Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, has confirmed that President Maith...

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Bollywood star Salman Khan sentenced to five years in jail

2018-04-06   |   Technology

An Indian court has sentenced Bollywood superstar Salman Khan to five years in jail for poaching rare antelope back in 1998. The actor has also been ...

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Three shot at YouTube HQ, female suspect dead

2018-04-06   |   Crime

A woman opened fire at YouTube’s headquarters near San Francisco yesterday (April 3). It was reported that after wounding three people she took her...

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