Tea stirs calm cup.
Sri Lanka’s tea industry is eyeing a smooth ride in 2018 after earning $1.53 billion last year, but is trying to put the lull in its troubles to goo...
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Softlogic to raise Rs. 7 b including foreign equity investments up to $ 35 m
Softlogic Holdings PLC has come to an agreement with Samena Ceylon Holdings Ltd. to raise private equity in order to restructure the diversified blue ...
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Ministry of Education signs MoU with the SEC
[caption id="attachment_8099" align="alignright" width="375"] Education Ministry and SEC officials at the event[/caption] The Ministry of Education (...
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JVP, JO want President’s Secy questioned over thousands of pages missing from bond report
The JVP and Joint opposition MPs demanded from Speaker Karu Jayasuriya yesterday to summon Secretary to the President to parliament and question him f...
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Japan Claims a Stake in Sri Lanka’s Ports
Sri Lanka is caught between the need for foreign investment and the risk of being the object of a great power tug-of-war. Japanese Foreign Minister T...
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RS 202 MN PET scanner arrives
The PET Scanner to be installed at the Maharagama Apeksha Hospital has arrived in Sri Lanka. The Pet Scanner has been purchased from Siemens Germany ...
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TNA demands enactment of new constitution and referendum this year
Talks with Singaporean PM. Opposition and Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Leader R. Sampanthan yesterday insisted that the proposed new Constitu...
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Cross-talk in P’ment over expiry of UNP-SLFP deal for Coalition Govt.
Opposition lawmakers questioned the validity of the unity Government agreement, which was entered by the United National Party (UNP) and the Sri Lanka...
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Shakib, Tamim lead Bangladesh's rout of Zimbabwe
Bangladesh 216 for 9 (Tamim 76, Shakib 51, Cremer 4-32, Jarvis 3-42) beat Zimbabwe 125 (Raza 39, Shakib 3-32, Mustafizur 2-16, Sunzamul 2-28) b...
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NOC sends Notices for AGM
The National Olympic Committee (NOC) sent the official notification to the member clubs confirming the four-year delayed AGM will be held on 23 Februa...
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PRECIFAC recommends legal action on MR and Gota
Presidential Commission of Inquiry to Investigate and Inquire into Serious Acts of Fraud, Corruption and Abuse of Power, State Resources and Privilege...
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British Council showcases “Active Citizens” projects to further promote community cohesion
The British Council on Monday showcased its “Active Citizens” projects to further promote community cohesion through networking and interaction, t...
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Light railway to take off this year
Physical work of the proposed light railway project from Kaduwela to Colombo Fort would commence this year said Minister of Megalopolis Development Ch...
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Increase in wheat flour consumption in Sri Lanka
Serendib Flour Mills holds 27 per cent of the wheat flour market share in Sri Lanka where the consumption pattern has grown to 60,000-65,000 of metric...
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PM asks Bohras to help hold investment conference in Mumbai
Colombo, Jan. 23 - Sri Lankan Prime Minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe has asked His Holiness, Syedna Aaliqadr Mufaddal Saifuddin, the 53rd Dai-Al-Mutlaq...
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Kataragama shooting -- Sagala pulls up Police Chief
Law and Order Minister Sagala Ratnayaka is reported to have taken Police Chief Pujith Jayasundara to task in connection with the incident where a ...
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Sri Lanka to develop policy framework for beauty culture industry
Sri Lanka seeks to develop a policy framework for beauty culture industry, in order to ensure the expansion, development and further uninhibited expan...
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Gotabaya’s FR petition: SC refixes argument for 31 May
The Supreme Court yesterday re-fixed for 31 May the argument of the fundamental rights petition filed by former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa. ...
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Sri Lanka seeks more jobs for skilled workers in Qatar
Sri Lanka is seeking more job opportunities in Qatar for skilled workers in different sectors and it would organise an employment promotion event tomo...
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Speaker says nothing missing from Bond Commission report
Speaker Karu Jayasuriya announced yesterday that he had been informed by the Secretary to the President that Parliament had been given copies of the c...
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Coping with the primacy of power politics
President Maithripala Sirisena’s application to the Supreme Court to obtain its opinion on the length of his term came as a surprise to the general ...
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Bond scams: JO cranks up pressure on President, PM
Chairman of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Prof. G. L. Peiris yesterday demaded that Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe step down temporarily to ...
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Local administration experiences bitterest period under current rule: Basil
That itself is enough to unseat this government this time There is no competition from UNP President did unconstitutional things right ...
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