Govt. slapped with high insurance premium for Central Expressway loan from Japanese bank

2018-01-21   |   Technology

The Government is to be slapped with a massive insurance premium of Rs. 14 billion, for a loan of Rs 138 billion from a Japanese bank, to construct a ...

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Speaker brokers SLFP-UNP truce, but undercurrents remain

2018-01-21   |   Technology

Speaker Karu Jayasuriya has intervened in a growing spat of angry outbursts among coalition partners – the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and the Un...

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Dead army officer’s claim doubtful: CID

2018-01-19   |   Crime

Lasantha Wickrematunge’s murder: The Army Intelligence Officer who had committed suicide by hanging himself in 2016, having written a letter t...

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Sri Lanka, China to co-build dendro power plant

2018-01-19   |   Uncategorized

Sri Lanka and China on Friday signed a joint venture agreement to construct Sri Lanka's largest dendro power plant in Moneragala in the country's sout...

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CEB employees to get arrears

2018-01-19   |   Uncategorized

The government is to provide the best solution to the salary anomaly issue of the Ceylon Electricity Board employees and pay the arrears at the first ...

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Bogambara prison becomes cultural, tourism centre

2018-01-19   |   Travel

The Bogambara prison premises will be converted into a cultural and tourism centre under the government’s programme of developing Kandy as a tourism...

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Pakistan seal quarter-final berth, Sri Lanka knocked out

2018-01-19   |   Uncategorized

Pakistan 190 for 7 (Zaryab 59, Rashmika 3-47) beat Sri Lanka 188 (Daniel 53, Shafqat 3-29, Afridi 2-41) by three wickets   A slim and slightl...

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Over 40,000 postal vote applications rejected

2018-01-18   |   Politics

560,000 applications for postal votes have been received from public servants for the LG polls on February 10 but 41,000 of them have been rejected as...

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Bond scam: Speaker’s attention drawn to take action against COPE members

2018-01-18   |   Technology

Speaker’s attention has been drawn to take necessary action against the Committee On Public Enterprises (COPE) members who had conversations with ...

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Sri Lanka bond commission asks Rs.688 mn be clawed back from Mahendran

2018-01-18   |   Law

A Presidential commission of inquiry has recommended that 688 million rupees be clawed back from ex-Central Bank Governor Arjuna Mahendran after he in...

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