SriLankan Airlines Board resignation accepted.

2018-01-04   |   Technology

The SriLankan Airlines Restructuring Ministerial Committee has yesterday (03) faccepted the resignation of Board of Directors and is to appoint a 5-me...

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Rs.3.8 mn worth bite!

2018-01-04   |   Uncategorized

‘Marry Me’, an artisanal dessert by Master Chef Viraj Jayaratne valued at Rs. 3.8 million, was presented to star cricketer Kumar Sangakkara today....

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CB targets 5%-5.5% growth for 2018

2018-01-04   |   Development

Economy stabilising, growth to rebound says Governor during Road Map launch Governor likens economy to recovering alcoholic, insists fiscal co...

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US-Pakistan ties and global political compulsions

2018-01-04   |   Politics

If the Trump administration carries out its current threat in full to use the ‘aid and assistance weapon’ against Pakistan over terror-linked issu...

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New laws to recover massive losses

2018-01-04   |   Business

Presidential statement on bond probe commission report. * PTL profits in secondary market exceed Rs.11 bn * Cases against Ravi over penthouse recomme...

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Crucial meeting of Ministerial Committee on SriLankan Airlines today

2018-01-03   |   Politics

Decision to be taken on resignation offer of SriLankan board members New board expected to be appointed to carry out restructuring The Minister...

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Apeksha Hospital to receive long awaited PET scanner on Jan. 25

2018-01-03   |   Technology

The long awaited Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scanner which was purchased by public contribution will be arrive at the Maharagama Apeksha Hospit...

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Gay population in SL now tops 7500

2018-01-03   |   Uncategorized

In a report by the National Venereal Diseases and Prevention of AIDS project it is stated that there are 7500 persons identified as gays in Sri Lanka....

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X'mas greeting card written to mother received by lover

2018-01-03   |   Uncategorized

She was a pretty lady born in Colombo and employed in a Government Institution related to the Tourism industry. A staff officer attached to the office...

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We can’t despair, we can’t abandon things, says Sri Lanka’s R. Sampanthan

2018-01-03   |   Technology

Sri Lanka’s seniormost politician on the government’s record on the political solution to the Tamil issue R. Sampanthan, leader of the Oppositio...

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Massive training program to develop standard of media personnel

2018-01-03   |   Weather

The Ministry of Media and the Department of Government Information are to undertake massive training program to develop professional standard of med...

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Concerns over credibility of Rs. 9 b Malaysian bid for EAP assets

2018-01-03   |   Uncategorized

Concerns have been raised within business circles over the credibility of the Malaysian bidder for several assets of the EAP Group’s ETI subsidiarie...

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Final report of PRECIFAC handed over to President Sirisena

2018-01-03   |   Crime

[embed]https://youtu.be/r6xke7-kQFk?t=13[/embed] https://youtu.be/r6xke7-kQFk?t=14...

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Many want to use my likeliness, but only SLPP has a right to do so: MR

2018-01-03   |   Uncategorized

https://youtu.be/vQQZKjYuvqw Rajapaksa says his image rightfully belongs to ‘flower bud’. Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa says that although ma...

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Bills redrafted more than 20 times, Legal Draftsman complains

2018-01-03   |   Technology

The Legal Draftsman’s Department has redrafted Bills, some more than 20 times, as instructing agencies keep on changing policy, the Department has s...

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PCoI Report on Bonds scam Ball in AG’s court AG has to file indictments – Dayasiri

2018-01-03   |   Crime

Co-Cabinet Spokesman, Minister Dayasiri Jayasekera said that all that was left in terms of action to be taken with regard to the Presidential Commissi...

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‘Meethotamulla victims yet to be compensated’

2018-01-03   |   Uncategorized

The public movement against the Meethotamulla Garbage Dump has called for the government to expedite the process of granting compensation to the publi...

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India after Lankan red sanders’ smugglers

2018-01-03   |   Crime

The Crime Investigation Department (CID) in Andhra Pradesh is seeking assistance from the Interpol to extradite the wanted red sanders' smugglers hidi...

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Port City legislation to Parliament in March

2018-01-03   |   Politics

$ 1 b investment for International Financial Centre; Construction to start mid-this year Legislation for the Colombo International Financial City ...

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Suwa Seriya second phase begins

2018-01-02   |   Uncategorized

The second phase of the Suwa Seriya ambulance service set up with the assistance of India will begin today with a ceremony at Temple Trees. Deputy Mi...

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Sagala on MR: “A man like him would never think twice about betraying country”

2018-01-02   |   Crime

Hitting out strongly against former President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his allies, Law and Order Minister Sagala Ratnayaka said Rajapaksa was a man who h...

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TRC raids illegal FM radio station at Deraniyagala

2018-01-02   |   Crime

An illegal FM radio station broadcasting from Deraniyagala was raided Sunday by Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) personnel. TRC spokesm...

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JVP to request Prez. Sec. for copy of PCoI report

2018-01-02   |   Crime

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) said today it would request the Presidential Secretariat for a copy of the PCoI report on the Central Bank bond sc...

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New Year violence decreases

2018-01-02   |   Uncategorized

A significant decrease in violence was reported at the dawn of the new year when compared to the number of violent incidents reported last year, Natio...

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President to make a special statement on bond scandal

2018-01-02   |   Politics

[embed]https://youtu.be/zYw3k-IoA2o?t=13[/embed] President Maithripala Sirisena will make a special statement to the media on the report on the Centr...

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