National schools obtain Rs. 13 mn from students
In 2016, 52 national schools had extracted Rs. 13 million from their students for various maintenance and school events after an Education Ministry ci...
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Japan- Sri Lanka Investment Forum under President’s patronage
An Investment Forum was held at the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo, today (13) under the patronage of President Maithripala Sirisena to take Sri Lanka- Jap...
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Sri Lanka’s first artificial football ground opened in Beddegana
Sri Lanka's first ever artificial football ground was declared open by Sports Minister Dayasiri Jayasekara at the Beddegana National Football Centre r...
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Measures to lift Social media ban - President
Measures will be taken to lift the temporary ban imposed on several social media including Viber and WhatsApp soon, President Maithripala Sirisena sai...
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Seeduwa Crimes OIC arrested
The Seeduwa Crimes OIC had been arrested yesterday allegedly in the act of accepting a bribe of Rs 25,000 and a bottle of wine, from a Katunayake busi...
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Mahason Balakaya office raided
The Terrorist Investigation Division (TID) had recovered several office equipments and propaganda materials, which were used in propagating hate speec...
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Thakur, Pandey fashion India's emphatic win
India 153 for 4 (Pandey 42*, Karthik 39*, Dananjaya 2-19) beat Sri Lanka152 for 9 (Kusal Mendis 55, Thakur 4-27) by six wickets Scorecard and ball...
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Lankan women in IT commit to advance diversity and inclusion in the workplace
In a bid to bring gender diversity to the forefront, a group of high-profile professionals from some of Sri Lanka's leading technology-driven companie...
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New Port City’s hidden truth spells danger for future generations
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Chandi Malli and wife remanded in assault case
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzBVeuWnJY8 Kaduwela Acting Magistrate Hemantha Wettasinghe on Saturday remanded till March 13 Southern Provnicial Co...
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Unblocking social media President to decide today
President Maithripala Sirisena will take a decision today on whether to unblock Social Media, official sources from the Presidential Secretariat told ...
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Age limit raised from 8 to 12
Punishment for offences committed by children Bill gazetted last Friday,Chapter 19 of Penal Code to be amended The age limit of 8 years under whic...
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No need to extend 'State of Emergency' after Thursday
The ten-day clamped down on last Tuesday (6) will not be extended from midnight Thursday (15) as the country has fully returned to normal after sporad...
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DIGANA VILLAGE: SHREDS OF HUMANITY AMID VIOLENT TRAGEDY
When bonds of humanity and community shone through the terror and despair during the Kandy unrest DIGANA: As news spread about unrest in Teldeniya fol...
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Eyes wide open on Chinese media invasion in Sri Lanka
While Chinese investments started to pour in from the time Mahinda Rajapaksa became President and got close to China, concerns were raised that China ...
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Stop. Enough. No more
Friday Forum is appalled by the continued violence that has been witnessed in many parts of the country, and especially in the Kandy district, in the ...
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Devils’ Force sets Hill Capital alight
The silent tears fall on smouldering embers but it cannot douse the flames of hatred which engulfed the hill station town of Digana that witnessed a b...
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Sri Lanka forex reserves rise to US$7.9bn in Feb 2018
Sri Lanka's forex reserves rose 244.35 million US dollars to 7,914 million US dollars in February 2018 from a month earlier, amid slower credit, thoug...
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Govt. should hold reform course: IMF
Projects SL to grow by 4.4%, inflation to hit 5% by 2018-end, food prices to stabilise Warns economy vulnerable to shocks, reform momentum e...
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Sri Lanka shines at ITB despite Kandy crisis
Destination Sri Lanka was a hot favourite at the world’s leading travel and trade show ITB, which opened in Berlin, Germany last week. The event is...
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Multi-communal dialogue among Sri Lankan expats in Saudi to promote harmony
Riyadh: Following the recent violence against Muslims in Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan Ambassador in Saudi Arabia, Azmi Thassim, said that a multi-communal di...
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Team of 139 for Commonwealth Games 79 athletes, 21 coaches and 19 officials
National Olympic Committee has selected a total of 79 athletes, 21 coaches and 19 officials for the Commonwealth Games 2018 to be held in Gold Coast, ...
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Nidahas Trophy 2018 Skipper Chandimal ban for two matches Sri Lanka take on India again today
Sri Lanka will be without their skipper Dinesh Chandimal when they take on India once again in the fourth T20 of the Nidahas Trophy to be held at R. P...
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